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Dense Fog Advisory 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 8, 2021Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this dense fog advisory at Apr 8, 2021, 6:22 AM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2021, 6:22 AM CDT (11:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:21 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 dense fog advisory 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 dense fog advisory went out at Apr 8, 4:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 12:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 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 7, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	38 min
Apr 7, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	16 min
Apr 7, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	43 min
Apr 7, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	42 min
Apr 7, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	44 min
Apr 7, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	19 min
Apr 7, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline	42 min
Apr 7, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	38 min
Apr 7, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	31 min
Apr 7, 10:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	19 min
Apr 7, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	51 min
Apr 8, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	16 min
Apr 8, 12:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	36 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.