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Flood Watch 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 27, 202516 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flood watch at Mar 27, 2025, 12:54 PM CDT for 16 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 28, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2025, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 28, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 29, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Flood severity: None

All 22 counties

Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Mar 27, 12:38 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 12:38 PM CDT, 16 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
Mar 27, 3:35 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		42 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Louisiana, 2025 Flood Watches in Texas, 2025 Every flood watch in 2025

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.