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Flash Flood Warning 124, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 6, 2024Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 6, 2024, 11:56 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 6, 2024, 11:56 AM CST (17:56 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2024, 3:00 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Nov 5, 3:42 PM CST, 20 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 3:42 PM CST, 20 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 8:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles3 hr
Nov 6, 1:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron24 min
Nov 6, 3:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard33 min

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.