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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 1, 2022Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2022, 3:18 PM CDT for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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 1, 2022, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2022, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

County Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

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The text

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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 Apr 30, 6:57 PM CDT, 20 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 6:57 PM CDT, 20 hours 21 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 1, 6:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	47 min
May 1, 7:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline	45 min
May 1, 10:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Assumption	23 min
May 1, 12:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	26 min
May 1, 1:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Vermilion	3 hr
May 1, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	37 min
May 1, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia	24 min
May 1, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	35 min
May 1, 4:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson Davis	3 hr
May 1, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	30 min
May 1, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	25 min
May 1, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	23 min
May 1, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	36 min
May 1, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	26 min
May 1, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides	34 min
May 1, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	36 min
May 1, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	33 min
May 1, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	38 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.