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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 21, 2023Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2023, 9:48 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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 21, 2023, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2023, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA

The radar

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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 Jun 21, 9:46 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 9:46 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:41 PM CDT, 6 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:21 PM CDT, 27 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 21, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	26 min
Jun 21, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		23 min
Jun 21, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		35 min
Jun 21, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		50 min
Jun 21, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	15 min
Jun 21, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		25 min
Jun 21, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		33 min
Jun 21, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		18 min
Jun 22, 8:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
Jun 22, 9:38 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		67 min
Jun 22, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	35 min
Jun 22, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		64 min
Jun 22, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		24 min
Jun 22, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		34 min
Jun 22, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Assumption	27 min
Jun 22, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		31 min
Jun 22, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	31 min
Jun 22, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	27 min
Jun 22, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	35 min
Jun 22, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	27 min
Jun 22, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	26 min
Jun 22, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson Davis	26 min
Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	30 min
Jun 21, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	24 min
Jun 22, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	37 min
Jun 22, 3:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	3 hr
Jun 22, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	26 min
Jun 22, 4:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Orange	112 min
Jun 22, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	27 min
Jun 22, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	33 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.