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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2023, 4:29 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
- May 8, 2023, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2023, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 31 min |
| May 8, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 31 min | |
| May 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 24 min |
| May 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| May 8, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 36 min |
| May 8, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| May 8, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 32 min |
| May 8, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 30 min |
| May 8, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 34 min |
| May 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 31 min |
| May 8, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 35 min |
| May 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 45 min |
| May 8, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 35 min |
| May 8, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 34 min |
| May 8, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 7 hr |
| May 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 24 min |
| May 8, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 31 min |
| May 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 33 min |
| May 8, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 3 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.