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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 11, 201510 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard41 min
Aug 10, 7:45 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more8 hr
Aug 11, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette23 min
Aug 11, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion37 min
Aug 11, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia48 min
Aug 11, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia37 min
Aug 11, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis40 min
Aug 11, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron40 min
Aug 11, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu40 min
Aug 11, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH36 min
Aug 11, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu24 min
Aug 11, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron34 min
Aug 11, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH33 min
Aug 11, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron30 min
Aug 11, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu41 min
Aug 11, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
Aug 11, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon50 min
Aug 11, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard, Vernon29 min
Aug 11, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard76 min
Aug 11, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson51 min
Aug 11, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson61 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.