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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 8, 2024Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2024, 5:22 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 8, 2024, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2024, 5:55 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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 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 Apr 8, 4:25 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:25 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 4:56 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 7:20 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH3 days
Apr 8, 8:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette30 min
Apr 8, 8:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchLCHRapides21 days
Apr 8, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH22 min
Apr 8, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu33 min
Apr 8, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange49 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.