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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 13, 20237 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this red flag warning at Oct 13, 2023, 3:01 PM CDT for 7 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Oct 14, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
Oct 13, 2023, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 14, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 14, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 3:03 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH22 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Louisiana, 2023Every red flag warning in 2023

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.