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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 1999, 7:45 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 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
- Mar 2, 1999, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1999, 8:50 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rapides Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:45 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Weil, LA |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 2326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 15.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Mar 2, 7:37 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 7:37 PM CST, 8 minutes before
SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 737 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999 LINE OF STORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND FEW TORNADOES NOW EXITING SE TX ZONES. FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED BASED ON MOVEMENT OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED WATCHES WARNINGS AND WEATHER. 8
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 2, 2:47 PM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-030400- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 247 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999 ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS... ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER EAST-CENTRAL TEXAS. THE SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING. ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NECESSARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA. WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED THROUGH OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH.
Local storm report, Mar 2, 5:45 PM CST, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
545 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM 7 SW BURKEVILLE TX 1.50 INCH HAIL
03/02/99 NEWTONLocal storm report, Mar 2, 5:45 PM CST, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
545 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM 7 SW BURKEVILLE TX 1.50 INCH HAIL
03/02/99 NEWTONLocal storm report, Mar 2, 6:19 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
619 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0612 PM 5 W BURKEVILLE TX TORNADO
03/02/99 NEWTON SHERIFF REPORTE VISUAL
SIGHTING OF TORNADO AND MANY
TREES BLOWN DOWN BEAR HWY
63/FM 1012 INTERSECTION.Local storm report, Mar 2, 6:52 PM CST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
652 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0643 PM JUNCTION LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/02/99 BEAUREGARDLocal storm report, Mar 2, 7:36 PM CST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
736 PM CST TUE MAR 2 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM BOYCE LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/02/99 RAPIDESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 66 min |
| Mar 2, 7:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 64 min |
| Mar 2, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 60 min |
| Mar 2, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 8:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 63 min |
| Mar 2, 8:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 10:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 11:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 11:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | St. Mary | 64 min |
| Mar 2, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 6:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 46 min |
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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.