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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 7, 1996St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 1:03 PM CST for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 1996, 1:03 PM CST (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 1:45 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County St. Mary Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 993 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
993 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.5

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