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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 10, 2000Jasper County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 6:18 PM CST for Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2000, 6:18 PM CST (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2000, 7:15 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Jasper County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 10, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 10, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2000-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1545 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2000-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1545 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLCH 110021
SVRLCH
TXC241-110115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
618 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 615 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN JASPER AND TOWN BLUFF...MOVING       
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAGNOLIA SPRINGS BY 630 PM
  KIRBYVILLE BY 645 PM

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND BLOWING DOWN 
TREES IN TYLER COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN 
OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES.

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

LAT...LON 3097 9409 3071 9411 3060 9389 3093 9388

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 6:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton56 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.