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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 29, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT for 10 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 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
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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 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 Aug 29, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 43 min |
| Aug 30, 4:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 93 min |
| Aug 30, 7:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 110 min |
| Aug 30, 8:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 118 min |
| Aug 30, 8:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 110 min |
| Aug 30, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Aug 30, 9:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Aug 30, 9:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 6 days |
| Aug 30, 9:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 4 days |
| Aug 30, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LCH | Allen | 3 days |
| Aug 30, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LCH | Allen | 4 days |
| Aug 30, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 36 min |
| Aug 30, 10:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon | 119 min |
| Aug 30, 11:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Aug 30, 12:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 91 min | |
| Aug 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 114 min | |
| Aug 30, 3:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| Aug 30, 5:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Aug 30, 6:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 110 min |
| Aug 30, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Aug 30, 2:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jefferson | 2 hr |
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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.