Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 45 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
- Sep 1, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 6:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Reeves, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 012331 SVRLCH LAC003-020015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 630 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF REEVES MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... REEVES BY 650 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 Sep 1, 2:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 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, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
437 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0418 PM EVADALE TX WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 JASPER TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
AS REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
DEPT.
B
0348 PM FENTON LA WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 JEFFERSON DAVIS POWER OUTAGES REPORTED BY
FENTON POLICE.
THMLocal storm report, Sep 1, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
445 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM EVADALE TX WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 JASPER TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
REPORTED BY HARDIN
911.
THM$Local storm report, Sep 1, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
453 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0416 PM WOODWORTH LA WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 RAPIDES TWO TREES DOWN ON HWY 165
AS REPORTED BY RAPIDES
911.
THMLocal storm report, Sep 1, 5:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
511 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM 17 NW PORT ARTHUR TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
09/01/00 JEFFERSON SOUTH OF BEVEL OAKS AS
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
DEPT.
THMLocal storm report, Sep 1, 5:45 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
545 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0454 PM 1 E SOUR LAKE TX WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 HARDIN TREES BLOWN DOWN AT
COUNTRY WOOD AS REPORTED
BY PUBLIC.
TH,MLocal storm report, Sep 1, 6:08 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
608 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
520 PM 5 SW RAGLEY LA WIND DAMAGE
09/01/00 BEAUREGARD TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWNED
FNThe 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, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 46 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 |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.