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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2000, 7:39 PM CDT for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 3, 2000, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Tyler County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Woodville, TX | |
| Aug 3, 8:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodville, 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 040042 SVRLCH TXC457-040145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 739 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WOODVILLE IN CENTRAL TYLER COUNTY ...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WOODVILLE BY 745 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. CALL 337-477-5285 T\O REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3061 9429 3085 9420 3091 9455 3070 9458
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 Aug 3, 2:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 207 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2000 500 MB TROF AXIS(SHEAR ZONE) CONTINUES TO LINGER ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. DURING THIS FORECAST PERIOD THE SHEAR ZONE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER. WITH MOISTURE MORE ABUNDANT ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...AT LEAST ON FRIDAY...I WILL GO WITH HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE EAST. AS THE SHEAR ZONE BECOMES PARALLEL TO THE COAST ON SATURDAY I WILL GO WITH MORE UNIFORM WITH THE POPS ACROSS THE AREA. I WILL STAY FAIRLY CLOSE TO NGM MOS TEMPS. 10 .LCH... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 71/94/72/94 2323 BPT 74/93/74/93 1213 LCH 74/92/74/92 2323 LFT 74/90/74/92 2423
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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.