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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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.
The area
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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
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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
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 57 min |
| Mar 21, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 56 min | |
| Mar 22, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Mar 22, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 35 min |
| Mar 22, 1:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 22 min |
| Mar 22, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 26 min |
| Mar 22, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 33 min |
| Mar 22, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 45 min | |
| Mar 22, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 28 min | |
| Mar 22, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 42 min | |
| Mar 22, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 31 min |
| Mar 22, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 28 min |
| Mar 22, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 31 min | |
| Mar 22, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 33 min |
| Mar 22, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 47 min | |
| Mar 22, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Mar 22, 3:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 34 min |
| Mar 22, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 4:37 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 38 min | |
| Mar 22, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| Mar 22, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 63 min | |
| Mar 22, 3:24 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 25 hr | |
| Mar 21, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Mar 21, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 56 min |
| Mar 21, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 34 min |
| Mar 22, 1:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Mar 22, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 30 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.