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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 24, 2025Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2025, 4:53 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 52 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
Mar 24, 2025, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2025, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cameron Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 23, 6:44 PM CDT, 10 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 6:44 PM CDT, 10 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 3:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon35 min
Mar 24, 3:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH41 min
Mar 24, 4:04 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
Mar 24, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron38 min
Mar 24, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron49 min
Mar 24, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Mar 24, 4:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard35 min
Mar 24, 5:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis33 min
Mar 24, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron, Vermilion30 min
Mar 24, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAcadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion64 min
Mar 24, 5:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry47 min
Mar 24, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAcadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 2 more47 min
Mar 24, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin41 min
Mar 24, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper, Tyler28 min
Mar 24, 3:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson24 min
Mar 24, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper, Newton26 min
Mar 24, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson, Orange49 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.