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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this areal flood warning at Mar 14, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Mar 14, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Rapides Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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 Mar 13, 5:55 PM CDT, 21 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 5:55 PM CDT, 21 hours 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 9 hr |
Nearby
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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.