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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 23, 2000Avoyelles Parish, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2000, 11:05 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 23, 2000, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2000, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 846 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
846 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KLCH 240406
SVRLCH
LAC009-039-240445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1105 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1059 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF TURKEY CREEK...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TURKEY CREEK BY 1115 PM CDT
  BUNKIE...ST. LANDRY BY 1125 PM CDT
  EVERGREEN BY 1135 PM CDT
  DUPONT BY 1145 PM CDT

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH COULD
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

CALL 337-477-5285| TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon61 min
Apr 23, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHVernon54 min
Apr 23, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides55 min
Apr 23, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Saint Landry46 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.