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Flash Flood Watch 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 23, 201510 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood watch at Oct 23, 2015, 2:40 PM CDT for 10 parishes in Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 24, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 23, 2015, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 24, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 26, 2015, 5:27 AM CDT
In force: 31 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, 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 19:43 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 Oct 23, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	72 hr
Oct 23, 11:42 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Watch	LCH	Cameron	35 hr
Oct 23, 3:03 PM CDT	Gale Watch	LCH		31 hr
Oct 23, 3:03 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		3 days
Oct 23, 3:03 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		31 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2015 Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2015 Every flash flood watch 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.