Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2000, 5:27 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 2, 2000, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Mauriceville, 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
267 WUUS54 KLCH 022227 SVRLCH TXC241-351-361-022330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 527 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTH OF ORANGE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... DEWEYVILLE BY 545 PM CDT MAURICEVILLE BY 620 PM CDT ORANGE BY 630 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 3044 9377 3039 9397 3005 9400 3005 9373
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 2, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 237 PM CDT SAT SEP 2 2000 MODELS SHOW 300 MB SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE ARKLATEX THIS MORNING. SHORTWAVE SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE LOCAL AREA SUNDAY MORNING AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST EXTREMES OF THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING. MODELS SHOW WEAK TO MODERATE UPPER LEVEL INSTABILITY...ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH AXIS...BUILDING SOUTH OVER THE AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE MID AND UPPER RIDGE OVER TEXAS WILL BUILD EASTWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA AFTER THE SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH. THE MID TO UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES IS BEGINNING TO OPEN UP AND IT SHOULD SHIFT INTO EAST AS A TROUGH INTO THE CAROLINAS BY LATE MONDAY. AS THE LOW DEVELOPS MORE TROUGHINESS AND THE HIGH DEVELOPS EASTWARD DRIER AIR FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTINENT IS PROGGED TO BE PUSHED SOUTHWARD OVER THE FORECAST AREA. MUCH DRIER AIR AT 700 MB SHOULD SPREAD SOUTH OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. LOW TO MID LEVEL LIFT IS PROGGED AT WEAK TO MODERATE SUNDAY BUT ALMOST ABSENT MONDAY. MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NOW ONLY AT MODERATE LEVELS WILL DROP SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY TO LOW LEVELS. AT THE SURFACE...A GENERALLY EAST TO WEST TROUGH AXIS IS PROGGED FOR THE NORTH PART OF THE ARE THROUGH MONDAY ALLOWING AFTERNOON AND EVENING MOISTURE CONVERGENCE TO ITS SOUTH THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BREAK OUT OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND DEVELOP SOUTHWARD. CHANCE OF STORMS SHOULD PERSIST SOUTHERN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO THE NIGHT-TIME PERIOD BUT DRIER AIR ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD LIMIT PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION THAT AREA TONIGHT. FOR SUNDAY...LAYERED MOISTURE NEAR 700 MB WILL PERSIST AND AFTERNOON HEATING SHOULD PRODUCE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. FOR MONDAY DRIER AIR OVER THE REGION SHOULD LIMIT CHANCES OF STORMS TO SLIGHT. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN HOT WITH HIGHS NORTHWEST AROUND 105 WITH 100 TO 105 ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA SUNDAY. TEMPS ACROSS THE SOUTH PART OF THE AREA SHOULD REACH VICINITY OF 100. SUNDAY/S TEMPERATURES SHOULD SHOW SLIGHT CHANGE. HIGH HEAT INDEXES SUNDAY SHOULD BE AROUND 110. .LCH... LA...HEAT ADVISORY LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055 TX...HEAT ADVISORY TXZ180>182-201-215-216 OZONE ACTION DAY...ORANGE/JEFFERSON/HARDIN CTYS TXZ201-215-216 PREVIOUS NUMBERS... AEX 72/103/71/102 2312 BPT 75/101/74/100 3312 LCH 75/100/74/100 3312 LFT 75/100/74/100 2312
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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.