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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 11, 1999Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 1999, 4:32 PM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 1999, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 1999, 7:25 PM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 11, 1:56 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 1:56 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 4:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 1999 Every flash flood warning in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.