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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 21, 2024Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2024, 8:37 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2024, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
30

County Hardin County, TX

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 21, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 8:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
837 PM CDT Thu Mar 21 2024

TXZ201-515-615-220200-
Hardin TX-Lower Jefferson TX-Upper Jefferson TX-
837 PM CDT Thu Mar 21 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM CDT...

At 837 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Nome, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Beaumont, Lumberton, Sour Lake, Nome, Bevil Oaks, and China.

This includes Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 855 and
845.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3032 9425 3010 9409 3008 9409 3008 9407
      3003 9404 2995 9444 3011 9445 3011 9455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 244DEG 25KT 3006 9445

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron57 min
Mar 21, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
Mar 22, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron48 min
Mar 22, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH55 min
Mar 22, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis35 min
Mar 22, 1:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron22 min
Mar 22, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron26 min
Mar 22, 1:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion33 min
Mar 22, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH45 min
Mar 22, 2:17 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH28 min
Mar 22, 2:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH42 min
Mar 22, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron31 min
Mar 22, 2:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu28 min
Mar 22, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH31 min
Mar 22, 3:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron33 min
Mar 22, 3:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH47 min
Mar 22, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron30 min
Mar 22, 3:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
Mar 22, 3:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion34 min
Mar 22, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette, Vermilion32 min
Mar 22, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH38 min
Mar 22, 4:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
Mar 22, 8:27 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH63 min
Mar 22, 3:24 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH25 hr
Mar 21, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson60 min
Mar 21, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson, Orange56 min
Mar 21, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange32 min
Mar 22, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin34 min
Mar 22, 1:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson26 min
Mar 22, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson, Orange30 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.