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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 3, 2023Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2023, 7:30 AM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 21 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
Jan 3, 2023, 7:30 AM CST (13:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2023, 7:51 AM CST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Allen Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:33 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 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 Jan 2, 5:54 PM CST, 13 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 5:54 PM CST, 13 hours 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 6:55 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH17 hr
Jan 3, 4:56 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard49 min
Jan 3, 7:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen24 min
Jan 3, 8:39 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides3 hr
Jan 3, 8:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles27 min
Jan 3, 9:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles23 min
Jan 3, 10:49 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH41 min
Jan 3, 12:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon40 min
Jan 3, 1:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides35 min
Jan 3, 1:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides46 min
Jan 3, 2:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles27 min
Jan 3, 4:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen21 min
Jan 3, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline, Rapides23 min
Jan 3, 4:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides29 min
Jan 3, 5:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles33 min
Jan 3, 5:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette48 min
Jan 3, 6:10 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHTyler35 min

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.