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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 19, 2012Allen Parish, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2012, 9:46 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 19, 2012, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 19, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 7:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
720 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

LAZ033-200100-
ST. LANDRY LA-
720 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH UNTIL 800 PM
CDT...

AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PALMETTO...MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MELVILLE BY 800 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL 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.

LAT...LON 3061 9175 3059 9174 3059 9175 3055 9175
      3061 9199 3079 9194 3077 9175 3074 9175
      3071 9173 3066 9173

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 8:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 9:12 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 9:28 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 9:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
946 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

LAZ028-031>033-200330-
ST. LANDRY LA-RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-
946 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LANDRY...RAPIDES...EVANGELINE
AND ALLEN PARISHES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OAKDALE TO
OPELOUSAS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

* THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MAMOU BY 955 PM...
  BOND...ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT AND CHATAIGNIER BY 1000 PM...
  SAVOY BY 1005 PM...
  DURALDE AND EUNICE BY 1015 PM...
  OBERLIN BY 1020 PM...
  MITTIE AND BASILE BY 1025 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3077 9227 3049 9230 3049 9224 3048 9224
      3049 9277 3067 9298 3101 9256

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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 19, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	40 min
Jul 19, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	33 min
Jul 19, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline, Rapides	33 min
Jul 19, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	32 min
Jul 19, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry	29 min
Jul 19, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Lafayette	42 min
Jul 20, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Jul 20, 8:10 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		95 min
Jul 20, 9:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		95 min
Jul 20, 11:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		93 min
Jul 20, 2:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Assumption	50 min
Jul 20, 3:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	St. Mary	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		87 min
Jul 20, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	25 min
Jul 20, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	23 min
Jul 20, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	30 min
Jul 20, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		84 min
Jul 20, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	37 min
Jul 20, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia	64 min
Jul 20, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	33 min
Jul 20, 5:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary	114 min
Jul 20, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	53 min
Jul 20, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	53 min
Jul 20, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	31 min
Jul 20, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	42 min

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