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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 8, 201310 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at Jan 8, 2013, 5:11 AM CST for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 8, 2013, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2013, 5:11 AM CST (11:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 8, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 10, 2013, 3:09 PM CST
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: None

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jan 7, 11:48 PM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 11:48 PM CST, 5 hours 23 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
Jan 8, 10:36 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		43 hr
Jan 8, 4:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	113 min

Nearby

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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.