Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2000, 5:13 AM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 62 min. 5 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 19, 2000, 5:13 AM CST (11:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2000, 6:15 AM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 5:20 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur, LA | |
| Mar 19, 5:40 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | De Ridder, LA | |
| Mar 19, 5:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Sulphur, LA | |
| Mar 19, 6:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth, LA | |
| Mar 19, 6:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Leesville, 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 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1275 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 191116 SVRLCH LAC003-011-019-053-079-115-TXC351-191215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 513 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 615 AM CST * AT 506 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SABINE RIVER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... EVANS BY 520 AM CST... DE RIDDER BY 530 AM CST... PICKERING...ROSEPINE BY 535 AM CST... FORT POLK BY 540 AM CST... PITKIN BY 600 AM CST... CALCASIEU BY 615 AM CST... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WHICH COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED - TAKE COVER NOW! VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3131 9374 3022 9373 3022 9265 3135 9266 1
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 Mar 19, 4:11 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 4:11 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 411 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2000 SHOWERS AND TSTMS HOLDING TOGETHER AS RADAR AND STLT SHOWS ACTIVITY PROPAGATING RAPIDLY EASTWARD AT 50 KTS. WELL RAISE THE STAKES ON POPS ACCORDINGLY AS VIGOROUS VORT CTR APPROACHES. PCPN MAINLY MORNING FOR ALL XCPT CEN AND S CEN LA. 11 .LCH... LA...NONE TX...NONE .UPDATED NUMBERS... BPT 67/45/[74/51 3000 LCH 66/45/74/49 3000 LFT 64/49/75/48 5000 AEX 63/45/71/48 4000
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 5:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides, Vernon | 62 min |
| Mar 19, 7:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 68 min |
| Mar 19, 8:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 8:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.