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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 2, 1995Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 1995, 4:26 AM CST for Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 1995, 4:26 AM CST (10:26 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 1995, 5:15 AM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 854 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 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
854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 021029 RRA
SVRLCH
LAC099-055-021115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
426 AM CST THU NOV 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...LAFAYETTE PARISH
 
AT 429 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 2, 1:59 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
200 AM CST THU NOV 2 1995

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0806 PM    OAKDALE                   LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   ALLEN                          PINE TREE DOWN ON
                                          HIGHWAY 10.

0840 PM    CHENEYVILLE               LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   RAPIDES                        TREE DOWN ON TRAILER.
                                          POWER LINES DOWN.

0850 PM    TURKEY CREEK              LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   EVANGELINE                     SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN.
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO.
0900 PM    BUNKIE                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   AVOYELLES                      TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.
Local storm report, Nov 2, 2:00 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
200 AM CST THU NOV 2 1995

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0806 PM    OAKDALE                   LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   ALLEN                          PINE TREE DOWN ON
                                          HIGHWAY 10.

0840 PM    CHENEYVILLE               LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   RAPIDES                        TREE DOWN ON TRAILER.
                                          POWER LINES DOWN.

0850 PM    TURKEY CREEK              LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   EVANGELINE                     SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN.
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO.
0900 PM    BUNKIE                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   AVOYELLES                      TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline, Rapides63 min
Nov 1, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles42 min
Nov 2, 3:15 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Vermilion60 min
Nov 2, 6:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia45 min
Nov 2, 2:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen60 min
Nov 2, 5:19 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAcadia56 min

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.