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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 4, 2016Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2016, 5:55 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2016, 5:55 AM CDT (10:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Jefferson County, TX

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 Jun 4, 3:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
417 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016

GMZ430-432-435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-
216-259>262-050930-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-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-
417 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF
MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY 2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-050930-
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-
417 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:55 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 4:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH33 min
Jun 4, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH117 min
Jun 4, 8:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
Jun 4, 9:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Jun 4, 10:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
Jun 4, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAssumption45 min
Jun 4, 11:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu118 min
Jun 4, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu, Cameron50 min
Jun 4, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis14 min
Jun 4, 11:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Jun 4, 11:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion46 min
Jun 4, 12:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette, Saint Martin39 min
Jun 4, 12:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary3 hr
Jun 4, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Allen, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry46 min
Jun 4, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
Jun 4, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides54 min
Jun 4, 1:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion2 hr
Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion46 hr
Jun 4, 3:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHAcadia, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more3 hr
Jun 4, 6:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHJefferson114 min
Jun 4, 7:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHJefferson, Orange52 min
Jun 4, 9:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson, Orange119 min
Jun 4, 10:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHNewton59 min
Jun 4, 1:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Tyler12 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.