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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 11, 2015, 3:50 AM CDT for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 11, 2015, 10:00 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 11, 2015, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 11, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2015, 7:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
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
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 10, 11:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 11:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 5:20 AM CDT, 22 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 520 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-111100- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE- ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 520 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TODAY DUE TO HEAT INDICES IN THE 108 TO 115 F RANGE. TAKE HEAT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY...IN THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SMALL RAIN CHANCES COME INTO THE FORECAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH BETTER CHANCES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEEN NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 7:45 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 36 min | |
| Aug 11, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 33 min | |
| Aug 11, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Aug 11, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 76 min |
| Aug 11, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 61 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.