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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 18, 20104 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2010, 7:57 AM CDT for 4 parishes in 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: Jul 18, 2010, 7:57 AM CDT (12:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2010, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 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 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 Jul 18, 6:58 AM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 6:58 AM CDT, 59 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 18, 6:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Louisiana, 2010 Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.