Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1997, 3:00 PM CDT for Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 45 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 28, 1997, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1997, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 699 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 723 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
909 WUUS1 KLCH 282002 RRA SVRLCH LAC045-099-282045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...EASTERN IBERIA PARISH AND LOWER ST. MARTIN PARISH... AT 300 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARENTON MOVING NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE ATTAKANAS ISLAND AREA AND BIG BAYOU PIGEON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE 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 May 28, 9:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 9:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 918 AM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS MESO-HI OVR CNTRL LA FM LAST NIGHTS TSRA. WEAK CF ALSO SHOWS UP ALNG A SAT/LFK/SHV LINE. PREV FCST LUKS REASONABLE. CONCERN TDY REMAINS THREAT OF TSRA ALNG SFC BNDRIES LAID DOWN BY OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. ANY TS THAT FORM WL MOV LTL...WITH PW OF 1.4 LOCALLY HVY RAINS PSBL. CAPES PROJECTED TO BE 3100+ USING HI TEMP FCST. CONVECTIVE TEMP APPEARS TO BE 90 DEGREES USING 12Z LCH SOUNDING. WK VEERING WINDS EXPECTED AT SFC...BECOMING SW BY LATE AFTERNOON/ EVENING DUE TO SEABREEZE. 11/14
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 28, 10:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1012 AM CDT WED MAY 28 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 AM JASPER TX WIND DAMAGE
05/28/97 JASPER POWER LINE DOWNED ON VERNON
STREET DUE TO A FALLEN TREE
LIMB CAUSED BY STRONG WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH A
THUNDERSTORM.Local storm report, May 28, 10:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1012 AM CDT WED MAY 28 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 AM JASPER TX WIND DAMAGE
05/28/97 JASPER POWER LINE DOWNED ON VERNON
STREET DUE TO A FALLEN TREE
LlIMB CAUSED BY STRONG WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH A
THUNDERSTORM.Local storm report, May 28, 1:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
141 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
140 PM CREOLE LA TORNADO
05/28/97 CAMERON BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR
CREOLE.Local storm report, May 28, 1:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
141 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION..f..
140 PM CREOLE LA TORNADO
05/28/97 CAMERON BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR
CREOLE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 57 min |
| May 28, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 69 min |
| May 28, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.