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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 12, 2024Allen Parish, Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2024, 4:39 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 51 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 12, 2024, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2024, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

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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
May 12, 12:32 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 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 May 12, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 4:01 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 4:10 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 4:19 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 4:20 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 4:25 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 4:36 PM CDT, 3 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
May 11, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	28 min
May 11, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	28 min
May 11, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	28 min
May 12, 1:31 AM CDT	Flood Watch	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline and 8 more	44 hr
May 12, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	42 min
May 12, 10:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	16 days
May 12, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard	52 min
May 12, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	66 min
May 12, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
May 12, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	62 min
May 12, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Vernon	58 min
May 12, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Beauregard	41 min
May 12, 1:51 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		54 min
May 12, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen	35 min
May 12, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	35 min
May 12, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	63 min
May 12, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Rapides	22 min
May 12, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	31 min
May 12, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	31 min
May 12, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis	43 min
May 12, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Jefferson Davis	34 min
May 12, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry	58 min
May 12, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry	25 min
May 12, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	35 min
May 12, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	35 min
May 12, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia	25 min
May 12, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	51 min
May 12, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	32 min
May 12, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	37 min
May 12, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	25 min
May 11, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	34 min
May 11, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	27 min
May 12, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Sabine	35 min
May 12, 11:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Sabine	42 min
May 12, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson, Orange	63 min
May 12, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	32 min
May 12, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	28 min
May 12, 4:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	3 hr
May 12, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	33 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.