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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2012, 7:42 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 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 19, 2012, 7:42 AM CDT (12:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2012, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 18, 3:49 PM CDT, 15 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:49 PM CDT, 15 hours 53 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 18, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 44 min | |
| Aug 18, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 52 min | |
| Aug 18, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 49 min | |
| Aug 18, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Aug 19, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| Aug 19, 7:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 105 min |
| Aug 19, 7:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 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.