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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2025, 6:11 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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
- May 1, 2025, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2025, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 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.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 1, 3:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 31 min |
| May 1, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 29 min |
| May 1, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 28 min |
| May 1, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline | 62 min |
| May 1, 4:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 56 min |
| May 1, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 32 min |
| May 1, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 37 min |
| May 1, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 37 min |
| May 1, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 29 min |
| May 1, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 31 min |
| May 1, 5:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 24 min |
| May 1, 5:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 33 min |
| May 1, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 29 min |
| May 1, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 27 min |
| May 1, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 32 min |
| May 1, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 31 min |
| May 1, 7:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 34 min |
| May 1, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 16 min |
| May 1, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 33 min |
| May 1, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 21 days |
| May 1, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 16 days |
| Apr 30, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 48 min |
| May 1, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 32 min |
| May 1, 4:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 29 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.