Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2000, 3:12 AM CST for Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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 27, 2000, 3:12 AM CST (09:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2000, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Saint Landry Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:20 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Opelousas, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 270913 SVRLCH LAC097-271015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 312 AM CST MON MAR 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 415 AM CST * AT 302 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF OPELOUSAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LEONVILLE BY 325 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND S(OUTHEAST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3080 9212 3043 9213 3046 9178 3079 9186
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, 8:58 PM CST, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 8:58 PM CST, 6 hours 14 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 309 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000 EXCEPT THAT TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING A LITTLE WARMER THAN EXPECTED NORTH...AFTERNOON FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. WILL CHANGE TONIGHT/S LOW TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR THE NORTH PART OF THE AREA. NO OTHER CHANGES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. .LCH... LA...NONE TX...NONE 20 / SPARKS _____________________________________________________________________ PREVIOUS DISCUSSION CURRENTLY...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 80. TONIGHT...EXPECTING ANOTHER MCS TO DEVELOP LATE...AFTER MIDNIGHT... MOVING INTO NE TX AND N LA. SHOULD REACH E TX AND CEN LA BY 09Z... AND JUST NORTH OF BPT/LCH/LFT BY 12Z. SEVERE THREAT...ASSOCIATED MID MID-LEVEL VORT MAX AND 300 MB JET...WILL BE OVER E TX AND CEN LA. MONDAY...THE MCS WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO COASTAL WATERS IN THE MORNING...AND SUNNY SKIES WILL FOLLOW IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL PICKUP INTO THE 15 MPH RANGE. TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN TODAY...INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S. MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER. NO RAIN FORECASTED. THE LONG RANGE PATTE^RN IS STILL UP IN THE AIR...A CHANCE FOR RAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. 15 PREVIOUS NUMBERS... AEX 58/75/45/78 6400 BPT 62/75/52/76 3300 LCH 62/75/50/76 4600 LFT 60/75/50/76 4600
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 27, 2:03 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
203 AM CST MON MAR 27 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
140 AM ALEXANDRIA LA ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
03/27/00 RAPIDES
0207 AM ALEXANDRIA LA WIND DAMAGE
03/27/00 RAPIDES TREES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS
ROADS AND ON ONE
HOME.
KGKLocal storm report, Mar 27, 2:03 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
203 AM CST MON MAR 27 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
140 AM ALEXANDRIA LA ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
03/27/00 RAPIDES SHERIFF'S OFFICE
145 AM ALEXANDRIA LA WIND DAMAGE
03/27/00 RAPIDES TREES REPORTED DOWN
ACROSS ROADS AND ON ONE
HOME.
KGKLocal storm report, Mar 27, 2:46 AM CST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
246 AM CST MON MAR 27 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0140 AM ALEXANDRIA LA 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/27/00 RAPIDES
0145 AM ALEXANDRIA LA WIND DAMAGE
03/27/00 RAPIDES TREES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS
ROADS AND ONTO ONE
HOME
KGKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 5:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.