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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 21, 2016Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2016, 1:56 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2016, 1:56 AM CDT (06:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Cameron Parish, LA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 20, 11:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 11:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 4:13 AM CDT, 21 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 21, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 21, 1:10 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 21, 1:56 AM CDT, 0 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
Apr 20, 8:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	3 days
Apr 20, 9:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	8 days
Apr 20, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	54 hr
Apr 20, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	57 hr
Apr 20, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	4 days
Apr 21, 12:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	44 min
Apr 21, 12:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		48 min
Apr 21, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron, Vermilion	50 min
Apr 21, 1:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		50 min
Apr 21, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		63 min
Apr 21, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	61 min
Apr 21, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		59 min
Apr 21, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		65 min
Apr 21, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	59 min
Apr 21, 12:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	4 hr
Apr 21, 12:49 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		41 min
Apr 21, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vernon	55 min
Apr 21, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		45 min
Apr 21, 1:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 21, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion	39 min
Apr 21, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		57 min
Apr 21, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Apr 20, 8:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	4 days
Apr 21, 10:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	62 min
Apr 21, 11:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson, Tyler	3 hr
Apr 21, 11:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Jasper, Orange	3 hr
Apr 21, 11:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Orange	61 min
Apr 21, 12:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 21, 2:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	3 days
Apr 21, 3:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Orange	24 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.