Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 1997, 3:35 AM CST for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 55 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
- Jan 24, 1997, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 1997, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County St. Mary Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 240935 RRA SVRLCH LAC101-241030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 335 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...ST. MARY PARISH AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 335 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORGAN CITY...JUST SOUTH OF MARSH ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND GUSTS GREATER THAN 55 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE ALSO LIKELY. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LA8RGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 Jan 23, 7:50 PM CST, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 7:50 PM CST, 7 hours 45 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 750 PM CST THU JAN 23 1997 LOW TEMPS FOR FA NR 60 LK GOOD. MAY WANT TO TWEAK AEX UP A BIT. CHC POPS FOR BPT...GOOD CHC LCH AND LFT...LIKELY FOR AEX SUGGESTED AS CLRNG TROF APPCHNG AND SHOWERS WEAKENING IN THE FA. TROF SHUD MOVE THRU ARND MIDNITE. LKS LIKE SVR ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH. ANTICIPATE WATCH BEING LIFTED BY UPDATE TIME FOR FA. 11
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 23, 9:56 PM CST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
LAZ028-027-TXZ201-181-215-182-216-180-240500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 957 PM CST THU JAN 23 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM... RADARS INDICATE ONLY WEAK AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS EAST THROUGH SOUTH LOUISIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTH LOUISIANA. ONLY THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES REMAIN IN THE WATCH...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LEESVILLE TO ALEXANDRIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS AS WELL AS CRABLE TV OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jan 23, 9:57 PM CST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
LAZ028-027-TXZ201-181-215-182-216-180-240500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 957 PM CST THU JAN 23 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM... RADARS INDICATE ONLY WEAK AND WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS EAST THROUGH SOUTH LOUISIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN NORTH LOUISIANA. ONLY THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES REMAIN IN THE WATCH...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LEESVILLE TO ALEXANDRIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS AS WELL AS CABLE TV OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Local storm report, Jan 24, 3:18 AM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
318 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
228 AM BALDWIN LA 58 MPH TSTM GUST
01/24/97 SAINT MARYLocal storm report, Jan 24, 3:23 AM CST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
318 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
228 AM BALDWIN LA 58 MPH TSTM GUST
01/24/97 SAINT MARYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 69 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.