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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 20, 2013Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2013, 7:17 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2013, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides59 min
Jun 21, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu38 min
Jun 21, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis27 min
Jun 21, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon37 min
Jun 21, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides35 min
Jun 21, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary35 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.