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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 18, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
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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 Aug 17, 3:45 PM CDT, 23 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:45 PM CDT, 23 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 18, 1:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 92 min |
| Aug 18, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 96 min |
| Aug 18, 5:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 2:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 44 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.