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Flash Flood Warning 133, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 9, 2024Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Nov 9, 2024, 10:42 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 5 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 9, 2024, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2024, 3:45 AM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

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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 9, 5:50 PM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 5:50 PM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 9, 4:44 PM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 9, 5:03 PM CST, 5 hours 39 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
Nov 9, 6:01 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	3 hr
Nov 9, 6:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu	4 hr
Nov 9, 7:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	8 hr
Nov 9, 7:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	21 days
Nov 10, 1:43 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline	5 hr
Nov 10, 3:33 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides	3 hr
Nov 10, 3:37 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	3 hr
Nov 10, 6:31 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	6 hr
Nov 10, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	39 hr
Nov 10, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	21 days
Nov 10, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	3 days
Nov 10, 6:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	5 days

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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.