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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this red flag warning at Mar 27, 2026, 11:57 AM CDT for 16 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at Mar 28, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2026, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Iberia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 265 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 11:57 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:27 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 31 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.