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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 17, 2022Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2022, 4:15 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 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: Aug 17, 2022, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2022, 4:51 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

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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 Aug 17, 3:17 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:17 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 3:47 AM CDT, 12 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:50 PM CDT, 25 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
Aug 17, 3:47 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon	13 hr
Aug 17, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	40 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.