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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 17, 2025Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2025, 5:12 PM CDT for Rapides 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
Jul 17, 2025, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2025, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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
Jul 17, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH45 min
Jul 17, 1:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH63 min
Jul 17, 1:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary4 hr
Jul 17, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette33 min
Jul 17, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHEvangeline, Lafayette31 min
Jul 17, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Lafayette32 min
Jul 17, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia31 min
Jul 17, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles33 min
Jul 17, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia32 min
Jul 17, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles29 min
Jul 17, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides25 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.