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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 24, 2016Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Rapides Parish, LA

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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 24, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:11 AM CDT, 11 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
311 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-
073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-250815-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
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-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-
311 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 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
ANOTHER HOT DAY ON TAP BEFORE CLOUDS AND RAINS COOL TEMPERATURES
BACK A BIT. HEAT INDEX TO RUN FROM 102 TO 107. THOSE OUTSIDE NEED
TO REMAIN WELL HYDRATED AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS. STORMS TODAY
WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
WE ARE MOVING INTO A WETTER PERIOD AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM DRIFTS
WEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. STORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.
STORMS TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF TOWARDS LATE INTO THE WEEK. NO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
130 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

LAZ033-043>045-241915-
ST. LANDRY LA-ACADIA LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-LAFAYETTE LA-
130 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 128 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CANKTON...OR NEAR CHURCH POINT TO JUST
EAST OF LEONVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...OPELOUSAS...SCOTT...BREAUX BRIDGE...CARENCRO...
CHURCH POINT...LEONVILLE...ARNAUDVILLE...SUNSET...PORT BARRE...
GRAND COTEAU...CANKTON...CECILIA...BRANCH...RICHARD...
LAWTELL AND MIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3019 9211 3043 9243 3069 9182 3051 9175
      3050 9175 3039 9171
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 127DEG 1KT 3040 9214

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:12 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
212 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

LAZ032-033-043-242000-
EVANGELINE LA-ST. LANDRY LA-ACADIA LA-
212 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 210 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAWTELL TO BASILE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...BASILE...CHATAIGNIER...
SWORDS...LAWTELL...SAVOY...DURALDE...MOWATA...
PRAIRIE RONDE AND RICHARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3052 9211 3035 9244 3045 9262 3048 9263
      3079 9221
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 122DEG 7KT 3054 9228

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
249 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

LAZ028-029-032-242030-
EVANGELINE LA-RAPIDES LA-AVOYELLES LA-
249 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 248 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
FROM CHENEYVILLE TO FOREST HILL AND GLENMORA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5
MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUNKIE...GLENMORA...CHENEYVILLE...LECOMPTE...ECHO...WOODWORTH...
FOREST HILL AND MCNARY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3110 9210 3089 9222 3094 9275 3125 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 127DEG 6KT 3104 9227

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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
Jul 24, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	45 min
Jul 24, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline	48 min
Jul 24, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen	43 min
Jul 24, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	41 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.