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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 12, 2023Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2023, 2:14 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 16 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: Jun 12, 2023, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2023, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 12, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDT, 19 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDT, 19 hours 52 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
Jun 12, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Vernon	25 min
Jun 12, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	43 min
Jun 12, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	62 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.