Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2000, 6:54 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2000, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2000, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Calcasieu Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:46 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 M | Lake Charles, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 021155 SVRLCH LAC019-021300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 654 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 800 AM CDT * AT 654 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF VINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CARLYSS BY 715 AM CDT SULPHUR BY 720 AM CDT WESTLAKE BY 735 AM CDT MOSS BLUFF BY 745 AM CDT GILLIS BY 755 AM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED - TAKE COVER NOW! VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. CALL 337-477-5285 wTO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3034 9371 3008 9368 3007 9321 3041 9320
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 2, 2:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 230 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000 AN MCS HAS FLARED UP ALONG SFC BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS FROM NEAR KPOE- KIAH-KLRD. ALSO ENHANCING THIS MCS IS A STRONG 500 MB SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS AREA WILL SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE SOUTH AND EAST INTO THE MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. SPC HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR OUR SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM THIS MORNING. THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FAIRLY DECENT DURING THIS FORECAST PERIOD AS THE 500MB LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE TX PANHANDLE MOVES TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST. LOOKS LIKE OUR BEST CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH EXCELLENT UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE PROJECTED TO BE RIGHT OVER THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS. HOWEVER... THERE WILL NOT BE ANY REAL SFC BOUNDARY TO FOCUS THE ACTIVITY EXCEPT FOR OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE SIGNIFICANT DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH 2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...MAINLY DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN IN THE FORECAST. I AM BASING MY FORECAST ON A BLEND OF THE ETA AND AVN MODELS. 10 LCH... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. PRELIM NUMBERS... LCH 80/64/79/67 7776 LFT 83/64/79/66 5577 AEX 83/62/78/63 7576 BPT 80/65/79/67 8776
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-021500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 357 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000 ...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AID IN THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY...TONIGHT...AND WEDNESDAY. THE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE DUE TO THE SLOW MOTION OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE A POSSIBILITY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVER THE ROAD. ALL INTERESTS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH. 22
Local storm report, May 2, 6:46 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
646 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 AM 2 W SILSBEE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/02/00 HARDIN
0530 AM KOUNTZE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/02/00 HARDIN NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED
DOWN. FLOODING OF FM
ROAD 1003.
22The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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.