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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 17, 2010Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2010, 2:21 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2010, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Beauregard Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 special weather statement 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 weather statement went out at Aug 17, 12:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 12:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 5:47 AM CDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
547 AM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-181100-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
547 AM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH FORMER TROPICAL
DEPRESSION 5 WILL MOVE NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
TODAY AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
TO AREAS EAST OF THE I-49 CORRIDOR. AREAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO
5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ACADIANA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
AREA AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SHIFTS SLOWLY
NORTHEASTWARD INTO MISSISSIPPI. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND
POSSIBLE FLOODING WILL END BY WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA AND WEAKENS.

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY DUE TO
POTENTIAL FLOODING.

SHAMBURGER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
221 PM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010

LAZ030-031-041-042-172000-
ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-CALCASIEU LA-
221 PM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...JEFFERSON
DAVIS AND CALCASIEU PARISHES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LONGVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...RAGLEY...
REEVES...TOPSY AND GILLIS.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

LAT...LON 3040 9291 3029 9342 3066 9337 3072 9317

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia38 min
Aug 17, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH55 min
Aug 17, 1:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH63 min
Aug 17, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH30 min
Aug 17, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen52 min
Aug 17, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard46 min
Aug 17, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton66 min
Aug 17, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson, Orange64 min

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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.