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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 22, 2025Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2025, 5:49 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 41 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
Apr 22, 2025, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2025, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 Apr 21, 5:57 PM CDT, 23 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 5:57 PM CDT, 23 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHPointe Coupee29 min
Apr 22, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides35 min
Apr 22, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles49 min
Apr 22, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides54 min
Apr 22, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry35 min
Apr 22, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles50 min
Apr 22, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Saint Landry44 min
Apr 22, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHGrant38 min
Apr 22, 4:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry70 min
Apr 22, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin48 min
Apr 22, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin43 min
Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin3 hr
Apr 22, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon38 min
Apr 22, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette25 min

Nearby

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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.