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Lake Wind Advisory 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 3, 2008Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this lake wind advisory at Mar 3, 2008, 4:16 AM CST for Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2008, 4:16 AM CST (10:16 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 3, 2008, 10:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 4, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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 lake wind advisory 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 lake wind advisory went out at Mar 2, 9:19 PM CST, 6 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 9:19 PM CST, 6 hours 57 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 3, 8:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	24 hr
Mar 3, 1:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	54 min
Mar 3, 2:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon	50 min
Mar 3, 2:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	21 min
Mar 3, 5:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	34 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Louisiana, 2008 Lake Wind Advisories in Texas, 2008 Every lake wind advisory in 2008

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.