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Small Craft Advisory 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 12, 2025

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this small craft advisory at Feb 12, 2025, 2:40 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 12, 2025, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2025, 2:40 AM CST (08:40 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2025, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 12, 2025, 2:10 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Feb 11, 11:32 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 11:32 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 5:40 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu43 days
Feb 12, 8:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard3 days
Feb 12, 8:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu21 days
Feb 12, 8:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen5 days
Feb 12, 8:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu21 days
Feb 12, 8:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis21 days
Feb 12, 1:20 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles10 min
Feb 12, 1:23 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles5 min
Feb 12, 1:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard41 min
Feb 12, 2:10 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH48 hr
Feb 12, 2:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides3 hr
Feb 12, 2:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides62 min
Feb 12, 3:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles25 min
Feb 12, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides34 min
Feb 12, 3:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides3 hr
Feb 12, 4:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Saint Landry61 min
Feb 12, 4:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles2 hr
Feb 12, 5:40 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson21 days

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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.