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Excessive Heat Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 13, 20236 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 13, 2023, 3:05 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 13, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2023, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 13, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 13, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 12, 11:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 11:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 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
Jul 13, 2:20 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more	29 hr

Nearby

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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.