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Special Marine Warning 71, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 18, 2021

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special marine warning at May 18, 2021, 1:25 PM CDT. It was in force for 65 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
May 18, 2021, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2021, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
34.0 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 May 18, 12:29 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 12:29 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHLafayette5 hr
May 17, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin27 min
May 17, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion26 min
May 17, 7:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHVermilion3 hr
May 17, 7:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis6 hr
May 17, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
May 17, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHIberia, Vermilion29 min
May 17, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin38 min
May 17, 8:23 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion3 hr
May 17, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin8 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon8 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu12 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry5 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Rapides21 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis8 days
May 17, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH87 min
May 17, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin, St. Mary52 min
May 17, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia, St. Mary56 min
May 17, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH96 min
May 17, 11:08 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHVermilion3 hr
May 17, 11:44 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion3 hr
May 18, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
May 18, 1:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis5 hr
May 18, 1:48 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH5 days
May 18, 2:25 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion6 hr
May 18, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH50 min
May 18, 7:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis3 hr
May 18, 7:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion2 hr
May 18, 9:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
May 18, 11:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard21 days
May 18, 11:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu10 days
May 18, 1:42 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLCHCameron8 hr
May 18, 1:57 PM CDTWind AdvisoryLCHCameron, Saint Martin14 hr
May 17, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange8 days
May 17, 8:34 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHJefferson6 hr
May 18, 2:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHJefferson5 hr
May 18, 7:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHJefferson2 hr

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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.