Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jan 27, 1997, 1:42 PM CST (19:42 UTC)

Expired

Jan 27, 1997, 2:45 PM CST

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Rapides Parish, LA

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KLCH 271946 RRA
SVRLCH
LAC079-272045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
142 PM CST MON JAN 27 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...RAPIDES PARISH
 
AT 145 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ALEXANDRIA AND
PINEVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. MAIN THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINPDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 27, 1:39 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
139 PM CST MON JAN 27 1997

EXTRAP ON CD FNT AND ETA PUTS FNT INTO SE TX AND CEN LA ARND 04Z...
SW LA ARND 06Z...S CEN LA ARND 08Z. A 20 DEG DROP IS TYPICAL BEHIND
THIS STG CD FNT. ETA PUTS AREA IN RIGHT REAR QUAD TNITE WITH BEST
UPR DYNAMICS FOR SVR ARND DAYBREAK TO NOON ON TUES...HOWEVER STG
CD FNT APCHNG THIS EVENING AND CLIMO PUTS THE AREA UNDER THE GUN
STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LAKES AREA OF SE TX. MOS
LKS REASONABLE. 88-DS AT POE AND LCH PICKING UP SMALL HAIL
INDICATIONS IN CEN LA WITH SCATTERED TSTMS. AS VAD PROFILES ARE
UNIDIRECTIONAL...EXPECT MAIN THREAT TO BE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TNITE. SHUD BE ABLE TO CLEAR SVR AREA AS FRONT MOVES THRU TNITE.
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BPT 46/47/40/47 7735
LCH 47/47/40/48 7745  LFT 49/49/43/49 6846  AEX 46/46/36/45 8635

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