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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 1:58 PM CST for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 10, 2000, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2000, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:00 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Burkeville, 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, 8.0 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 102000 SVRLCH TXC351-102030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 158 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 230 PM CST * AT 148 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST A<T 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BURKEVILLE BY 210 PM TOLEDO BEND DAM BETWEEN 205 AND 230 PM HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS CAN BE EXPECTED. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 12:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 62 min |
| Mar 10, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 55 min |
| Mar 10, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 65 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.