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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 10, 2000Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 12:58 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports 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
Mar 10, 2000, 12:58 PM CST (18:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2000, 2:00 PM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 1:05 PM CSTHail 0.75Jasper, TX
Mar 10, 1:30 PM CSTHail 1Burkeville, TX
Mar 10, 2:00 PM CSTHail 1.75Burkeville, 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 12:00Z on 2000-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1937 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KLCH 101902
SVRLCH
TXC241-351-102000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1258 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 1258 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF JASPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLLY SPRINGS BY 110 PM CST
  JAMESTOWN BY 115 PM CST
  WIERGATE BY 135 PM CST

PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF q60 MPH 
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.


CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3095 9418 3082 9403 3097 9353 3120 9366

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 1:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton32 min
Mar 10, 4:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler55 min
Mar 10, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper50 min
Mar 10, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler65 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.