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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 26, 1997Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT for Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 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: Apr 26, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 1997, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Saint Landry Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 25, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 26, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 366 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 631 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

582 
WUUS1 KLCH 260602 RRA
SVRLCH
LAC097-260700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
100 AM CDT SAT APR 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...ST. LANDRY PARISH
 
AT 100 AM...NEXRAD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN ST LANDRY PARISH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30
MPH. OPLEOUSAS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING 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 Apr 25, 7:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 7:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
745 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997

SPC JUST ISSUED SVR TSTM WATCH FOR LCH CWA...AND NEW WILL BE ISSUIN6G
FFA FOR LCH CWA THIS EVENING. MAIN THREAT SEEMS TO BE HEAVY RAIN
RIGHT NOW...WITH A FEW PULSE SVR TSTMS DROPPING A LOT OF LIGHTNING
AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL. 15

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 11:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1125 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1124 PM    CREOLE                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
04/25/97   CAMERON                        SHERIFF REPORTS SEVERAL
                                          TREES DOWN. ALSO REPORT
                                          OF 0.75 INCH HAIL.

Local storm report, Apr 25, 11:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1125 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1124 PM    CREOLE                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
04/25/97   CAMERON                        SHERIFF REPORTS SEVERAL
                                          TREES DOWN. ALSO REPORT
                                          OF 0.75 INCH HAIL.

Local storm report, Apr 25, 11:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1130 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 PM    LAKE ARTHUR               LA   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/25/97   JEFF DAVIS                     REPORT BY GROCERY STORE

Local storm report, Apr 25, 11:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1130 PM CDT FRI APR 25 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

110&0 PM    LAKE ARTHUR               LA   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/25/97   JEFF DAVIS                     REPORT BY GROCERY STORE

Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:20 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1220 AM CDT SAT APR 26 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1210 AM    JASPER                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/26/97   JASPER                         REPORT BY SHERIFF DEPT

Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:20 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1220 AM CDT SAT APR 26 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1210 AM    JASPER                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/26/97   JASPER                         REPORT BY SHERIFF DEPT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson Davis	50 min
Apr 25, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia	63 min
Apr 25, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	67 min
Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson Davis	60 min
Apr 25, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	56 min
Apr 26, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vermilion	62 min
Apr 26, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette	60 min
Apr 26, 6:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vermilion	59 min
Apr 26, 7:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vermilion	37 min
Apr 26, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia	30 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.