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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 9, 2023Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2023, 6:26 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 9, 2023, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 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 23:26 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	25 min
Jul 8, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	29 min
Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	30 min
Jul 9, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen	45 min
Jul 9, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Grant	38 min
Jul 9, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	32 min
Jul 9, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	30 min
Jul 9, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	29 min
Jul 9, 3:19 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler	28 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.