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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 1, 2023Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Dec 1, 2023, 9:26 PM CST for Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 88 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
Dec 1, 2023, 9:26 PM CST (03:26 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2023, 10:54 PM CST
In force
88 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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 flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Dec 1, 5:51 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 5:51 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 6:29 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Dec 1, 6:37 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH38 min
Dec 1, 7:17 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Dec 1, 7:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia, Vermilion67 min
Dec 1, 7:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH45 min
Dec 1, 8:04 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
Dec 1, 8:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary28 min
Dec 1, 8:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary39 min
Dec 1, 9:08 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH37 min
Dec 1, 9:32 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Dec 1, 9:47 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH13 min
Dec 1, 9:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHSaint Martin, St. Mary3 hr
Dec 1, 10:27 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH63 min
Dec 1, 11:30 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
Dec 2, 12:27 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH93 min
Dec 2, 1:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary79 min
Dec 2, 2:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion23 min
Dec 2, 4:04 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary56 min
Dec 2, 5:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary43 min
Dec 2, 3:19 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH18 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.