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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 30, 20227 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2022, 2:42 PM CDT for 7 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 63 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: Mar 30, 2022, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2022, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 30, 11:26 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 30, 12:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 12:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 5:09 AM CDT, 9 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
137 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1218 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 S LAKE CHARLES        30.13N 93.22W
03/30/2022  M56 MPH          CALCASIEU          LA   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KLCH LAKE CHARLES.

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 2:05 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 2:19 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 2:42 PM CDT, 0 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
Mar 29, 9:36 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LCH		21 hr
Mar 29, 9:40 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Saint Martin	21 hr
Mar 30, 11:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	61 min
Mar 30, 11:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	29 min
Mar 30, 12:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	29 min
Mar 30, 12:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	27 min
Mar 30, 12:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	33 min
Mar 30, 12:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	30 min
Mar 30, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		33 min
Mar 30, 12:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	32 min
Mar 30, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		29 min
Mar 30, 12:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	29 min
Mar 30, 12:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	35 min
Mar 30, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	44 min
Mar 30, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	36 min
Mar 30, 1:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	35 min
Mar 30, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	30 min
Mar 30, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		59 min
Mar 30, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	65 min
Mar 30, 1:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	32 min
Mar 30, 2:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	31 min
Mar 30, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Mar 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	62 min
Mar 30, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	42 min
Mar 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	47 min
Mar 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	47 min
Mar 30, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	14 min
Mar 30, 10:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler	52 min
Mar 30, 11:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Newton	37 min

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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.