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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 7, 1994Grant Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1994, 6:39 PM CDT for Grant Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min.

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Issued
May 7, 1994, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Grant Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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