Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1997, 10:02 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 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
- May 24, 1997, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1974 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
441 WUUS1 KLCH 250305 RRA SVRLCH LAC052-055-250400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1002 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE PARISH...VERMILION PARISH AT 1000 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TOWNS OF KAPLAN...ABBEVILLE...MAURICE...SCOTT AND LAFAYETTE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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 QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 May 24, 7:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 7:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 742 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1997 EDGE OF MCS ADVANCING ON FA FM BPT...W OF LCH TO POE. S/WV ROTATING OUT OF S TX INTO ALREADY UNSTABLE AIR...00Z LCH LI -3...K INDEX 35 ...PW 1.8. 88-D EXHIBITING LEWPS ALG LEADING EDGE. STLT SHOWING NEW CONVECTION IN CLD FREE SLOT AHEAD OF THE MCS ASSOC WITH HTNG AND SFC CONVERGENCE. STILL EXPECT RAPID IMPROVEMENT ARND MIDNITE AS MSTR LOOP HINTING AT VORT CTR IN SE TX ATTM. CURRENT NUMBERS OK WITH MAINLY EVENING POPS. 11
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 9:49 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
949 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
950 PM 13 W CROWLEY LA 45 MPH RADAR INDICATED GUST/
05/24/97 ACADIA SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTED CAR 45 MPH/SHERIFFS OFFICE IN
BLOWN OFF ROAD OFF ROADLocal storm report, May 24, 9:49 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECT TRANSMISSION FAILURE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
949 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
950 PM 13 W CROWLEY LA 45 MPH RADAR INDICATED GUST/
05/24/97 ACADIA SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTED CAR
BLOWN OFF ROADLocal storm report, May 24, 9:56 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
949 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
950 PM 13 W CROWLEY LA 45 MPH RADAR INDICATED GUST/
05/24/97 ACADIA SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTED CAR 45 MPH/SHERIFFS OFFICE IN
: BLOWN OFF ROAD OFF ROADThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia | 57 min |
| May 25, 1:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia | 2 hr |
| May 25, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.