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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2023, 10:43 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 15, 2023, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2023, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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 Apr 15, 6:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Apr 15, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 16 min |
| Apr 15, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Apr 15, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 39 min | |
| Apr 15, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 18 min |
| Apr 15, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 51 min | |
| Apr 15, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 32 min | |
| Apr 15, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 17 min |
| Apr 15, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 10 min |
| Apr 15, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Apr 15, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 21 min |
| Apr 16, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Vermilion | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 33 min | |
| Apr 16, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 12:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 36 min | |
| Apr 16, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 34 min | |
| Apr 16, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 43 min | |
| Apr 16, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Sabine | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 24 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.