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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 6, 2025Iberia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2025, 3:59 PM CDT for Iberia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 6, 2025, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2025, 4:33 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	34 min
Jul 6, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	30 min
Jul 6, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	24 min
Jul 6, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	25 min
Jul 6, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	27 min
Jul 6, 3:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin	2 hr
Jul 6, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2025 Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.