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Areal Flood Warning 29, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 15, 2016Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this areal flood warning at Aug 15, 2016, 2:28 PM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 8 days. 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 15, 2016, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Cameron Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 15, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 3:12 AM CDT, 11 hours 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 10:36 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more12 hr
Aug 15, 10:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen5 days
Aug 15, 11:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson Davis55 min
Aug 15, 2:19 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 2 more5 days
Aug 15, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides49 min

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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.