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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 10, 2018Acadia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2018, 11:36 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 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 10, 2018, 11:36 AM CDT (16:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2018, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Acadia Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 9, 6:25 PM CDT, 17 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 6:25 PM CDT, 17 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:50 PM CDT, 19 hours 46 minutes before

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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
Aug 10, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	30 min
Aug 10, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	30 min
Aug 10, 12:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	39 min
Aug 10, 1:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	32 min
Aug 10, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	32 min
Aug 10, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	34 min
Aug 10, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	47 min
Aug 10, 6:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Lafayette	2 hr
Aug 10, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	26 min
Aug 10, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	47 min
Aug 10, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	42 min
Aug 10, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	37 min
Aug 10, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	24 min
Aug 10, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	28 min

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.