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Special Marine Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 23, 2020

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special marine warning at Apr 23, 2020, 10:54 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 2020, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2020, 11:20 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 49.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning 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 marine warning went out at Apr 23, 10:50 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 10:50 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 4:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 8:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 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
Apr 22, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LCH	Vernon	27 min
Apr 22, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	LCH	Vernon	20 min
Apr 22, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	43 min
Apr 22, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	26 min
Apr 22, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	32 min
Apr 22, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	27 min
Apr 23, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	48 min
Apr 23, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	39 min
Apr 23, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	57 min
Apr 23, 1:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	43 min
Apr 23, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry	50 min
Apr 23, 1:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Saint Landry	42 min
Apr 23, 9:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		51 min
Apr 23, 9:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		66 min
Apr 23, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	32 min
Apr 22, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	LCH	Jasper, Newton	22 min
Apr 22, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Jasper, Newton	32 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.