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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 9, 20158 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 9, 2015, 7:05 PM CDT for 8 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Aug 10, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2015, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 10, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 10, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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
Aug 10, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu29 min
Aug 10, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange41 min
Aug 10, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton33 min
Aug 10, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange39 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Louisiana, 2015Excessive Heat Warnings in Texas, 2015Every excessive heat warning in 2015

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.