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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jan 2, 2017, 3:32 AM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 43 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
- Jan 2, 2017, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Vernon Parish, LA
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NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jan 1, 11:45 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 11:45 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 2, 1:56 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jan 1, 6:20 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 15 hr | |
| Jan 2, 1:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 1:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 2:03 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 9:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 64 min |
| Jan 2, 9:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 10:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 19 min |
| Jan 2, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jan 2, 10:37 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 53 min | |
| Jan 2, 10:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 11:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 11:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 11:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Jan 2, 11:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Saint Landry | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 12:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 47 min |
| Jan 2, 12:49 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 47 min |
| Jan 2, 2:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 6:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 7:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 8:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 65 min |
| Jan 2, 9:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 53 min |
| Jan 2, 9:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 26 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.