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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1996, 7:28 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1996, 7:28 AM CDT (12:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1996, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rapides Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:07 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lecompte, LA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Apr 29, 1:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 151 AM CDT MON APR 29 1996 06Z ANALYSIS SHOWING STG COLD FNT FIXING TO MOVE THRU SHV AND LFK. ETA INDICATES FROPA AT BPT AROUND 12Z...LFT 18Z. TEMPS WILL FALL SLOWLY THRU DAY BEHIND THE FNT AS CLDS AND PCPN WITH STG CAA FOR LATE APRIL WL OVERCOME HTG. WENT WITH HIR POPS TDA DUE TO MDT INSTAB ...FAVORABLE UPPER DYNAMICS IN THE FORM OF A RIGHT REAR QUAD OF POLAR JETSTREAK AND AMPLE MOISTURE. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY...ETA LKS REASONABLE WITH QPF OF 1 IN ON MON. WL HAVE TO WATCH LOCATIONS E OF CDFNT FOR SVR POTENTIAL DUE TO AFOREMENTIONED RRQ. SHOWER ACTIVITY WL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH POSSIBLE EMBEDDED TSTMS...ENDING AROUND SUNDOWN. 11 BPT 74/51/73 800 LCH 73/51/71 800 LFT 76/49/70 810 AEX 73/47/69 800
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:56 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 6:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.