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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 8, 2000Newton County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 8, 2:25 AM CSTThunderstorm WindNewton, TX
Nov 8, 2:50 AM CSTThunderstorm WindNewton, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 8, 12:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 667 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 12:45 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHNewton45 min
Nov 8, 1:16 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHHardin59 min
Nov 8, 1:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper40 min
Nov 8, 2:32 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHNewton43 min
Nov 8, 10:18 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHNewton57 min
Nov 8, 11:08 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHNewton67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.