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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 11, 2021Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2021, 7:56 PM CDT for Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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: May 11, 2021, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

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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 May 11, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 3:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 11, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 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
May 11, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	37 min
May 11, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	31 min
May 11, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia	44 min
May 11, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	47 min
May 11, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	39 min
May 11, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	29 min
May 11, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Rapides	44 min
May 11, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		28 min
May 11, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	45 min
May 11, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		47 min
May 11, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	42 min
May 11, 9:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	3 hr
May 11, 9:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more	4 hr
May 11, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	51 min
May 11, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	41 min
May 11, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
May 11, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	47 min
May 11, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	41 min
May 12, 1:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 2 more	3 hr
May 12, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	4 days
May 12, 3:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	56 hr
May 12, 3:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	31 days
May 11, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	27 min
May 11, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	39 min
May 11, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	40 min
May 12, 3:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Orange, Tyler	45 days

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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.