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Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 5, 2024Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2024, 9:21 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Rapides 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: Jul 5, 2024, 9:21 PM CDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2024, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:29 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:46 PM CDT, 35 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
Jul 5, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	31 min
Jul 5, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	29 min
Jul 5, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	16 min
Jul 5, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	29 min
Jul 5, 9:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	37 min
Jul 5, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen	33 min
Jul 5, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	30 min
Jul 6, 9:16 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Watch	LCH	Cameron	25 hr
Jul 6, 3:47 PM CDT	Storm Surge Watch	LCH	Jefferson	18 hr
Jul 6, 4:15 PM CDT	Tropical Storm Watch	LCH	Jefferson	18 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.