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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 15, 2025Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2025, 3:21 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2025, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2025, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Allen Parish, LA

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 15, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:21 PM CDT, 0 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
Aug 14, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	39 min
Aug 14, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	34 min
Aug 14, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	35 min
Aug 14, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	40 min
Aug 14, 9:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	3 hr
Aug 14, 10:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	41 min
Aug 15, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen	31 min
Aug 15, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	46 min
Aug 15, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	41 min
Aug 15, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		20 min
Aug 15, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	31 min
Aug 15, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	21 min
Aug 15, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	57 min
Aug 15, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	42 min
Aug 14, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	46 min
Aug 14, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	53 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.