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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 22, 20254 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2025, 9:02 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 58 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, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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 hour 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 22, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 8:35 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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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
Apr 22, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	23 min
Apr 22, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	52 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, 9:40 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.