Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2000, 4:31 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 8, 2000, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Buna, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
317 WUUS54 KLCH 082132 SVRLCH TXC241-351-082230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 431 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE JASPER...NEWTON COUNTY LINE EAST OF BUNA ...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BUNA BY 450 PM CDT EVADALE BY 525 PM CDT THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3040 9378 3058 9382 3053 9406 3032 9407
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 Jul 8, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POPPING OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON ASSOCD WITH MSTR STREAMING WESTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF CSTL STATES. SUPPORT ALSO PROVIDED BY WEAK SFC FEATURE CENTERED NORTH OF NEW WITH ELONGATED VORT LOBE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF. ECHO TOPS WITH CONVECTION GENERALLY LESS THAN 20 THOUSAND FEET ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS HAVE BLOWN THROUGH THE CAP... AS UPPER LVL RDG JUST TO OUR NORTH CONTS TO HOLD AFTN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN PLACE SMWHT. SHWRS/TSTMS TO END AFTR SUNSET. OVRNIGHT TEMPS EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 70S INLAND TO LOWER 80S ALONG THE COAST...WINDS TO REMAIN LIGHT. AFTN TEMPS ON SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND THE HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE AROUND 110 DEGREES. WILL ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR ALL ZONES. PERSISTENCE WILL BE USED WITH TEMPS WHILE MESO-ETA SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON MSTR STREAM. .LCH... LA...HEAT ADVISORY SUNDAY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ZONES LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TX...OZONE ACTION DAY JEFFERSON...ORANGE...AND HARDIN COUNTIES FOR SUNDAY TXZ201-215-216 HEAT ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES ...JEFFERSON...ORANGE... AND HARDIN FOR SUNDAY TXZ201-215-216W PRELIM NUMBERS... LCH BB 77/96/76/95 1313 LFT BB 78/97/78/96 2413 AEX BB 77/97/76/97 0010 BPT BB 78/97/77/97 1313 K. KUYPER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 082330- EXCESSIVE HEAT OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1115 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000 ...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES... A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI... WILL BRING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. AS A RESULT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SOAR INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES. PERSONS OUTSIDE TODAY SHOULD WEAR LIGHT LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH MORNING LOWS EXPECTED IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S NEAR THE COAST... AND AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. HEAT INDEX TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED THROUGH OUR HOME PAGE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH. K. KUYPER
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.