Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2000, 4:29 PM CDT for Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 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
- Sep 1, 2000, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2000, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Evangeline Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1698 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 012130 SVRLCH LAC039-012215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 429 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF MAMOU...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MAMOU BY 450 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. LAT...LON 3080 9233 3088 9251 3054 9261 3055 9243
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 Sep 1, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 223 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000 AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE THROUGH UPPER RIDGE OVER TEXAS / LOUISIANA INTO THE ARKLATEX SATURDAY MORNING THEN SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHWEST EXTREMES OF THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY EVENING. TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN EXTREMES OF THE AREA LATE SUNDAY. MODELS ARE HOWEVER NOT PROGGING ANY SIGNIFICANT 700-300 MB Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE FOR THE LOCAL AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS DISTURBANCE. AT LOW TO MID LEVELS ETA / AVN PROG MODERATE OMEGA FOR AT LEAST THE NORTHERN 1/3 OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AND FOR MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MOISTURE PROGS CONTINUE TO SHOW A LAYER OF MOISTURE AROUND 700 MB WITH DRY AIR ABOVE AND BELOW. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH GENERALLY ORIENTED EAST TO WEST WILL HANG OUT MOVER MAINLY NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. WILL CALL FOR A CHANCE OF MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY. A PATTERN SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE. APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH COULD AUGMENT SOMEWHAT THINNER MOISTURE TO HELP PRODUCE STORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE HOT WITH HIGHEST HEAT INDEXES AROUND 110 SO WILL CONTINUE HEAT ADVISORY FOR SATURDAY. .LCH... LA...HEAT ADVISORY FOR SATURDAY...LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055.... TX...HEAT ADVISORY FOR SATURDAY...TXZ180>182-201-215-216... ...OZONE ACTION DAY SATURDAY...ORANGE/JEFFERSON/HARDIN COUNTIES ...TXZ201-215-216... .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AEX 73/101/71/99 2323 BPT 74/ 99/72/98 3323 LCH 75/ 99/72/98 2323 LFT 74/ _99/72/98 2323 20 / SPARKS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 1, 10:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1059 AM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
.
942 PM NEW IBERIA LA 83 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
08/31/00 IBERIA OBSERVATION FROM ASOS AT
NEW IBERIA AIRPORTSpecial weather statement, Sep 1, 2:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 215 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...EXTREME FIRE DANGER CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION... INTENSE DAYTIME HEATING...COMBINED WITH A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ISOLATED...SHORT LIVED...TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. MEANWHILE...THUNDERSTORMS...LIKE THE PAST FEW DAYS...WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THESE STRIKES...ALONG WITH VERY DRY VEGETATION...COULD PRODUCE WILDFIRES. ALSO...STRONG AND VARIABLE WIND MOVING AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL HELP SPREAD THE FIRES QUICKLY AND HAMPER FIRE FIGHTING EFFORTS. TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE ISSUED BURN BANS FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...JEFFERSON...HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON AND TYLER. ACCORDING TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY... AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH. RUA
Local storm report, Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
351 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0323 PM 6 W MARKSVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 AVOYELLES LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS
ROADWAYS
THROUGHOUT 5TH WARD AS
REPORTED BY 911.
0346 PM ECHO LA WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 AVOYELLES ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE AND
TREES DOWN AS REPORTED
BY RAPIDES 911.
0357 PM CHENEYVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 RAPIDES TREES BLOWN DOWN AS
REPORTED BY RAPIDES 911.
0339 PM 2 NW PINEVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 RAPIDES TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
NEAR TIOGA AS REPORTED
BY RAPIDESd 911.
THMLocal storm report, Sep 1, 4:14 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
414 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM CHENEYVILLE LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
09/01/00 RAPIDES
0328 PM KINDER LA WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 ALLEN TREE DOWN ON HWY 190 IN
WEST KINDER AS REPORTED
BY CITY POLICE.
THMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 67 min |
| Aug 31, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Vermilion | 63 min |
| Sep 1, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 56 min |
| Sep 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.