Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1997, 4:59 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 1997, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardin County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Village Mills, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 936 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 092159 RRA SVRLCH TXC199-092300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 459 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...HARDIN COUNTY AT 455 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY...NEAR WILDWOOD AND VILLAGE MILLS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THE TOWNS OF KOUNTZE...HONEY ISLAND...AND SILSBEE WILL BE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. HAIL LARGER THAN 0.75 INCHES...AND WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE IN\TO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ERICKSON
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 Sep 9, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 329 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 1997 NEW TSTM ACTIVITY FIRING UP IN EAST TEXAS. AFTER CONFERRING WITH SIL...SUGGEST WE RAISE POPS TNITE TO 30% EARLY...20% LATE. 11
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 9, 1:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
123 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1250 PM PICKERING LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
09/09/97 VERNON REPORT AT HIGH SCHOOL
ERICKSONLocal storm report, Sep 9, 1:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
123 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1250 PM PICKERING LA 0.75 INCH HAIL
09/09/97 VERNON REPORT AT HIGH SCHOOL
ERICKSONSpecial weather statement, Sep 9, 1:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
LAZ030-027-091915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 136 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR VERNON PARISH... AT 130 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND DERIDDER IN VERNON PARISH HAD WEAKENED. 0.75 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN PICKERING AT 1250 PM. THIS STORM IS NOW LOCATED NEAR DERIDDER IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. WHILE THE STORM IS NOT SEVERE AT THIS TIME...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...AND AS MUCH AS ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORM MOVES SOUTH AT 20 MPH. ERICKSON &
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 1:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
LAZ030-027-091915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 136 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR VERNON PARISH... AT 130 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND DERIDDER IN VERNON PARISH HAD WEAKENED. 0.75 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN PICKERING AT 1250 PM. THIS STORM IS NOW LOCATED NEAR DERIDDER IN BEAUREGARD PARISH. WHILE THE STORM IS NOT SEVERE AT THIS TIME...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...AND AS MUCH AS ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORM MOVES SOUTH AT 20 MPH. ERICKSON &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.