Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2000, 5:55 AM CST for Hardin County, Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2000, 5:55 AM CST (11:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2000, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 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 261158 SVRLCH TTAA00 KLCH DDHHMM TXC199-241-457-261300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 555 AM CST SUN MAR 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 700 AM CST * AT 545 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WOODVILLE BY 605 AM CST HILLISTER...IVANHOE BY 625 AM CST WARREN BY 640 AM CST WILDWOOD BY 655 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCNH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3090 9411 3091 9446 3040 9450 3037 9400
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 26, 4:45 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 4:45 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 445 AM CST SUN MAR 26 2000 QUICK UPDATE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #117 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 10 AM. HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT THIS. .LCH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH LA...NONE TX...TXZ180>182-201-215-216 7-RUA UPDATED NUMBERS... AEX 78/58/78/44 4510 BPT 80/64/78/48 5400 LCH 79/64/78/48 2410 LFT 80/63/78/48 2420 PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...KLCH AND KPOE 88D SHOWING AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SLIDING EAST-SOUTHEAST FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA INTO THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. LOOKING AT SATELLITE AND LIGHTNING DATA...OTHER STORMS FURTHER TO THE WEST NEAR THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AREA. FROM WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...VORT/JET MAX OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS PUSHING EAST HELPING TO ENHANCE THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...SURFACE PLOT SHOWS TEMP/DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S. PATCHY LIGHT FOG BEING REPORTED WITH VISIBILITIES ABOVE 4 MILES. FORECAST PERIOD (VERY INTERESTING ONE)... TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVE INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD WEAKEN DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS FIRST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHES TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...THIS ACTIVITY WILL LEAVE BEHIND AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR STORM REDEVELOPMENT WITH DAYTIME HEATING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...INGREDIENTS COULD BECOMING TOGETHER FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. FRONTAL SYSTEM TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND MOVE QUICKLY TO THE EAST REACHING THE FORECAST AREA AFTER 06Z (MIDNIGHT LOCAL.) UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO BUILD OVER SOUTHWEST US. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOW ALOFT TO BECOME NORTHWEST. STRONG JET STREAK TO MOVE IN THE FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WITH GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. GOOD INSTABILITY WITH CAPE VALUES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2000 J/KG. ALSO STORM RELATIVE HELICITY VALUES NEAR 300 (M/S)2. THEREFORE...WOULD EXPECT ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP TO HAVE SEVERE POTENTIAL WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. MONDAY...FRONT WILL BE EXITING THE FORECAST AREA SHORTLY AFTER 12Z. WILL MENTION 20 PERCENT IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ENDING EARLY WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. DRY AIR MOVES IN QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT. MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT. SO SHOULD SEE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE BREEZY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH AND GUSTY EXPECTED. DESPITE DECENT COLD AIR ADVECTION...WITH STRONG DOWNWARD MOTION AND MAX SUNSHINE...TEMPS SHOULD STILL WARM TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO. MONDAY NIGHT...WILL GO BELOW MOS GUIDANCE AND CLOSER TO FAN...AS HIGH SETTLES IN TO PROVIDE MAX RADIATIONAL COOLING. EXTENDED...TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY... SEE NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED. TUESDAY LOOKS DRY WITH CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON WED AND THU WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM TO AP.PROACH FROM THE WEST. THANKS HGX FOR COORDINATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:45 AM CST, 10 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-261600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 545 AM CST SUN MAR 26 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 AM FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT... A TURBULENT WEATHER DAY AND NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. FIRST...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THIS WILL HELP PUSH A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND MOVE QUICKLY TO THE EAST. THIS FRONT WILL CLASH WITH THE WARM...MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS. AT THE SAME TIME...VERY STRONG WINDS AND RELATIVELY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOVING OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL AGAIN BE THE MAIN THREAT. ALSO...A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED...FROM THE SURFACE TO THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...WILL CAUSE SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO ROTATE AND POSSIBLY PRODUCE TORNADOES. ALL INTERESTS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PERSONS THAT HAVE A WEATHER RADIO SHOULD PLACE IT IN THE ALERT MODE. ALSO...SKY WARN SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES WEB-SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH. RUA
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.