Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Mar 18, 1997, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)

Expired

Mar 18, 1997, 5:00 PM CST

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Beauregard Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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TTAA00 KLCH 182159 RRA
SVRLCH
LAC011-182300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
354 PM CST TUE MAR 18 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BEAUREGARD PARISH
 
AT 359 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CROSSING OVER
THE SABINE RIVER 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FIELDS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE APPROACH FIELDS AT 420 PM. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS
LARGE HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER. WINDS UP TO 55 MPH AND
HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUI8CKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 18, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
145 PM CST TUE MAR 18 1997

POCKET OF ENERGY LIFTING OUT OF TROUGH ACROSS WESTERN TEXAS WHICH
SHOULD CONTINUE TO TRIGGER NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE AXIS
OF GREATEST INSTABILITY WHICH HAPPENS TO BE ACROSS SE TX. 700 MB
WEST TO EAST FLOW SUGGEST THAT TRAINING MAY NOT BE A PROBLEM ACROSS
AREA AS WAS THE LAST CASE. MAY SEE A SQUALL LINE DEVELOP WHICH MAY
ALSO HELP LIMIT RAINFALL. IN ANY CASE...BELIEVE WE HAVE SEVERE WX
POTENTIAL ON OUR HANDS WITH SFC BASED LIFTED INDEX AROUND -8 OR SO
AND CAPES AROUND 3000 J/KG. SHOULD INCLUDE SEVERE ACROSS AREA TONIGHT
AND INCLUDE...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN STATEMENT IN FORECAST AS SOME OF
THE STRONGEST TSTMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS.  FRONT WILL
ALSO ENHANCE SVR DEVELOPMENT AS IT APPROACHES THE AREA. CFP SHOULD
BE INTO BPT/BURKVILLE BEFORE 10 PM AND THRU LCH/AEX AROUND MIDNIGHT.
WILL CONT TO SEE A CHANCE OF TSTMS AND SHOWERS INTO WED AS SRN END OF
TROF CLOSES OFF AND LAGS BEHIND INTO MEXICO ALLOWING FOR AN UPPER
LEVEL SHEAR PATTERN TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION.

06

BPT 58/67/50/70 8311
LCH 58/68/50/71 9311  LFT 60/68/50/69 8521  AEX 52/62/46/66 9411

TX ZONES...PER SAT---FFW FOR SE TX

LA ZONES...NONE

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.