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Special Marine Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 8, 2002

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special marine warning at Apr 8, 2002, 2:06 PM CDT. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2002, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2002, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Apr 8, 10:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 10:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 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
Apr 8, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	56 min
Apr 8, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		111 min
Apr 8, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	54 min
Apr 8, 3:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	66 min
Apr 8, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Rapides	52 min
Apr 8, 4:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson Davis	51 min
Apr 8, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	65 min
Apr 8, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen	30 min
Apr 8, 10:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Apr 8, 11:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Vermilion	3 hr
Apr 8, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	58 min
Apr 8, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Jefferson, Orange	58 min
Apr 8, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Jefferson, Orange	55 min

Nearby

Special Marine Warnings in Louisiana, 2002 Every special marine warning in 2002

Sources

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