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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 2000, 2:16 AM CST for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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
- Nov 8, 2000, 2:16 AM CST (08:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2000, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2:25 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton, TX | |
| Nov 8, 2:50 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 12:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 080817 SVRLCH TXC351-080900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 216 AM CST WED NOV 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 300 AM CST * AT 214 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BLEEKWOOD BY 220 AM CST PINE GROVE BY 225 AM CST NEWTON BY 235 AM CST BON WIER BY 245 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 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 Nov 8, 12:12 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 12:12 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1212 AM CST WED NOV 8 2000 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AND SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE TORNADO WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE LAFAYETTE AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH 783 IS VALID TIL 6 AM CST. I ALSO RAISED THE OVERNIGHT MINIMUMS IN THE FIRST PERIOD...TO BE REFLECT THE ONGOING WARM AIR ADVECTION ACROSS THE FCST AREA. 21-TRARES .LCH...SCA FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60NM. LA...NONE TX...NONE ADJUSTED NUMBERS... LCH 72/75/57/64 8884 LFT 72/75/57/64 6884 AEX 58/68/52/60 8884 BPT 65/73/52/61 8882
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 12:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 45 min |
| Nov 8, 1:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 59 min |
| Nov 8, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 40 min |
| Nov 8, 2:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 43 min |
| Nov 8, 10:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 57 min |
| Nov 8, 11:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 67 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.