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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 9:13 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 10, 2000, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2000, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:26 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette, LA | |
| Aug 10, 9:33 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | New Iberia, LA | |
| Aug 10, 10:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | St Martinville, 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 110215 SVRLCH LAC045-055-099-101-113-110315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 913 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKLIN TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREAUX BRIDGE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BROUSSARD BY 925 PM CDT LAFAYETTE...YOUNGSVILLE BY 930 PM CDT DELCAMBRE BY 935 PM CDT ERATH BY 945 PM CDT MAURICE BY 950 PM CDT ABBEVILLE BY 1000 PM CDT 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 Aug 10, 8:33 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 8:33 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 833 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000 A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO IBERIA AND SAINT MARTIN PARISHES AT THIS TIME. EXPECTING THIS CONVECTIVE CLUSTER TO BEGIN DIMINISHING SHORTLY. WILL ONLY MAKE A FEW MINOR CHANGES TO ONGOING ZONE PACKAGE. .LCH... LA...NONE TX...NONE. PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 95/72/96/73 1131 BPT 95/74/94/75 2132 LCH 94/74/92/75 2132 LFT 93/74/90/75 3142 MARCOTTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.