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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 22, 2025Avoyelles Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 22, 2025, 4:48 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 70 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 22, 2025, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2025, 5:58 PM CDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Apr 21, 5:57 PM CDT, 22 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 5:57 PM CDT, 22 hours 51 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
Apr 22, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Pointe Coupee	29 min
Apr 22, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	35 min
Apr 22, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	49 min
Apr 22, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	54 min
Apr 22, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	35 min
Apr 22, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	50 min
Apr 22, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	44 min
Apr 22, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Grant	38 min
Apr 22, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	48 min
Apr 22, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	41 min
Apr 22, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	43 min
Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	3 hr
Apr 22, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	38 min
Apr 22, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	25 min

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.