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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2025, 2:14 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 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 31, 2025, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2025, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 10:02 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Mary and 1 more | 3 min |
| Mar 30, 10:07 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Mary and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 20 min |
| Mar 31, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 4:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 6:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 62 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 46 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Mar 31, 8:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 9:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 54 min | |
| Mar 31, 9:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 93 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.