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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 23, 2000Iberia Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2000, 2:47 PM CDT for Iberia Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 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: Jul 23, 2000, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2000, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 23, 2:55 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Avery Is, 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLCH 231949
SVRLCH
LAC045-101-232045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF NEW IBERIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AVERY ISLAND...NEW IBERIA BY 255 PM
  JEANERETTE BY 305 PM
  BALDWIN...CHARENTON BY 310 PM
  FRANKLIN BY 320 PM
  BAYOU VISTA...BERWICK...MORGAN CITY...PATTERSON BY 330 PM

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

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

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 23, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
104 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2000

CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE SOUTH OF BOUNDARY WHICH REMAINS JUST
NORTH OF CWA EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA INTO EAST TEXAS.
GOOD DEW POINT DISCONTINUITY WITH MID 60S JUST NORTH OF FRONT...
LOW 70S SOUTH.

ETA DROPS FRONT TO COAST AROUND MIDNIGHT AS VORT MAX DIGS SE INTO
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THIS FEATURE CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST WITH
SURFACE FRONT MOVING INTO GULF AND DISSIPATING. WILL USE FRONTAL
PASSAGE AS TIMING FOR ENDING OF PRECIPITATION AS MUCH DRIER AIR AT
THE SURFACE AND ALOFT BUILDS INTO THE REGION. LONG WAVE TROF AXIS
SHIFTS JUST EAST OF THE CWA AND BECOMES QUASI STATIONARY. THIS WILL
PROVIDE A DRY NORTHERLY FLOW AND A RAIN-FREE FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY
DESPITE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST THROUGH BACK SIDE OF
TROF.

WILL REINTRODUCE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WED AS MRF
RETROGRADES LONGWAVE TROF AND DEVELOPS 5H LOW OVER NORTH-CENTRAL
GULF.

23...MARCOTTE

.LCH...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.

.PRELIM NUMBERS...
BPT 72/92/70/91 4000
LCH 72/92/70/91 5000
LFT 70/91/68/89 6000
AEX 65/87/63/87 3000

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 9:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
944 AM CDT SUN JUL 23 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 AM    PALMETTO                  LA   WIND DAMAGE
07/23/00   ST. LANDRY                     TREES BLOWN DOWN...RPT BY
                                          RADIO STATION IN OPELOUSAS

R. ERICKSON

Local storm report, Jul 23, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
130 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0125 PM    LONGVILLE                 LA   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/23/00   BEAUREGARD                     RPT BY SHERIFF DEPT

R. ERICKSON

Local storm report, Jul 23, 2:30 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
230 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0145 PM    DE QUINCY                 LA   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/23/00   CALCASIEU                      RPT BY POLICE DEPT

R. ERICKSON

Local storm report, Jul 23, 2:35 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
235 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 PM    MAURICEVILLE              LA   WIND DAMAGE
07/23/00   ORANGE                         MANY TREES DOWNED...RPT
                                          BY SHERIFF DEPT

R. ERICKSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	65 min
Jul 23, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	62 min
Jul 23, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard	58 min
Jul 23, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	53 min
Jul 23, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	63 min
Jul 23, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	31 min
Jul 23, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2000 Every 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.