Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1996, 11:38 PM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 min. 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 6, 1996, 11:38 PM CST (05:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1996, 12:15 AM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1978 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 070543 RRA SVRLCH LAC115-070615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1138 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...VERNON PARISH AT 1135 PM...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...5 MILES WEST OF FORT POLK. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE DIME-SIZED HAIL AS IT PASSES OVER THE FORT POLK AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGH@TNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 6, 8:08 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 8:08 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 803 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR LEESVILLE LA TO KOUNTZE TX. WL PUSH OUT OF THE AREA BY 10Z THU. RIGHT NOW THE INFLOW INTO THE LINE OF RW AND TRW ALONG THE FRONT IS BEING CUT OFF BY A BAND A STRATFORM PRECIP. MAY SEE INFLOW INCREASE LATER ALLOWING TRW TO INCREASE AND POSSIBLY BECOME SVR. CURRENT FORECAST L0UKS GUD. 10
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 6, 6:49 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
650 PM CST TUE MAR 05 1996
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....PARISH LOCATION....
550 PM LEESVILLE LA .25 INCH HAIL RPTD BY
03/05/96 VERNON S.O...M AND M SIZE.
(PLAIN)Special weather statement, Mar 6, 10:12 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
LAZ043-031-029-030-041-051-032-053-042-044-O55-028-033-054-045- 052-027-070445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO ADD LAFAYETTE PARISH TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA...WATCH 1012 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES: VERMILION...ACADIA...EVANGELINE... AVOYELLES...ST LANDRY...UPPER ST MARTIN...LOWER ST MARTIN... IBERIA...ST MARY...LAFAYETTE. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES: VERNON...RAPIDES...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...ALLEN...JEFFERSON DAVIS...CAMERON.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 10:14 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
LAZ043-031-029-030-041-051-032-053-042-044-O55-028-033-054-045- 052-027-070445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1012 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES: VERMILION...ACADIA...EVANGELINE... AVOYELLES...ST LANDRY...UPPER ST MARTIN...LOWER ST MARTIN... IBERIA...ST MARY THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES: VERNON...RAPIDES...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...ALLEN...JEFFERSON DAVIS...CAMERON.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 10:19 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
LAZ043-031-029-030-041-051-032-053-042-044-O55-028-033-054-045- 052-027-070445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO ADD LAFAYETTE PARISH TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA...WATCH 1012 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES: VERMILION...ACADIA...EVANGELINE... AVOYELLES...ST LANDRY...UPPER ST MARTIN...LOWER ST MARTIN... IBERIA...ST MARY...LAFAYETTE. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES: VERNON...RAPIDES...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...ALLEN...JEFFERSON DAVIS...CAMERON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 52 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.