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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2025, 7:08 PM CDT for 4 parishes in 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
- Apr 22, 2025, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 7:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 108 min |
| Apr 22, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides, Vernon | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 58 min |
| Apr 22, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 12:02 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 21 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Sabine | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Sabine | 23 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.