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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 24, 2025Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2025, 3:43 PM CDT for Lafayette 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 24, 2025, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lafayette Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette32 min
May 24, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Martin36 min
May 24, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette25 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion18 hr

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.