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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 16, 2016Evangeline Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2016, 4:46 PM CDT for Evangeline Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 16, 2016, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Evangeline Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Jul 15, 6:35 PM CDT, 22 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:35 PM CDT, 22 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion38 min
Jul 16, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH52 min
Jul 16, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin50 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Louisiana, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.