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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2025, 9:53 AM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 21, 2025, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2025, 12:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 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 May 21, 6:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 52 min |
| May 20, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 58 min |
| May 20, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 44 min |
| May 20, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 33 min |
| May 20, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 43 min |
| May 21, 12:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 30 min |
| May 21, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 30 min | |
| May 21, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 49 min | |
| May 21, 6:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| May 21, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 63 min | |
| May 21, 7:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 27 min |
| May 21, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 53 min |
| May 21, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| May 21, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 35 min |
| May 21, 8:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 24 min |
| May 21, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 22 min | |
| May 21, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| May 21, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 11 min |
| May 21, 10:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 37 min | |
| May 21, 10:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 14 min | |
| May 21, 11:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 41 min | |
| May 20, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 48 min |
| May 21, 9:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 38 min |
| May 21, 10:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 25 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.