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Flood Watch 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 25, 2006Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flood watch at Jul 25, 2006, 7:22 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 25, 2006, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: None

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jul 25, 11:01 AM CDT, 8 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 11:01 AM CDT, 8 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 3:43 AM CDT, 15 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:17 PM CDT, 5 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
Jul 26, 5:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron, Vermilion	29 min
Jul 26, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	60 min
Jul 26, 9:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		36 min
Jul 26, 9:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	3 hr
Jul 26, 9:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	2 hr
Jul 26, 11:18 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		57 min
Jul 26, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		26 min
Jul 26, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		57 min
Jul 26, 6:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	3 hr
Jul 26, 11:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	3 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2006 Flood Watches in Texas, 2006 Every flood watch in 2006

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.