Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 2:36 PM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports 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, 2:36 PM CST (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2000, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:10 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | New Llano, LA | |
| Mar 10, 3:15 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 102038 SVRLCH LAC115-102130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 236 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... VERNON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 330 PM CST * AT 230 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF EVANS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS CAN BE EXPECTED. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.
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 10, 9:41 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 9:41 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 941 AM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 WILL REMOVE MENTION OF MORNING FOG FROM FORECAST. 9 AM TEMPERATURES ARE VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAYS...SO EXPECT TODAY/S HIGHS TO BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY/S EXCEPT MAYBE A LITTLE COOLER WITH THICKER CLOUD COVER EXTREME NORTHWEST. WILL UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON/S HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECASTS. THE REST OF THE EARLY MORNING FORECAST LOOKS ABOUT RIGHT. .LCH... TX...NONE. LA...NONE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING... WINDS HAVE KEPT UP TONIGHT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH MOST STATIONS REPORTING VISIBILITIES AOA 3SM. LIKELIHOOD OF CEILINGS LOWERING TO SURFACE TO PRODUCE DENSE FOG SEEM SLIM...THEREFORE HAVE DECIDED TO CANCEL DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR ALL COUNTIES AND PARISHES. TODAY AND TONIGHT... SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENT ON TRACK FOR FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SEE LATEST DAY1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK ISSUED BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD DEVELOP INTO SQUALL LINE AROUND 00Z WITH MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS / LARGE HAIL. SQUALL LINE PROGGED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z...EXITING EASTERN SECTION OF CWA BY 12Z. SATURDAY AND EXTENDED... PRECIPITATION WILL END AHEAD/ALONG FRONTAL PASSAGE DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER IN STORE FOR SATURDAY INTO TUESDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE A BREEZY DAY AS WELL WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY. MARINE... WITH A SURFACE LOW FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG STALLED FRONT IN EASTERN TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO CAUTION CRITERIA. SCA CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP PRIOR TO FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL LET DAY SHIFT MAKE DECISION. SCA CRITERIA WILL BE MET TONIGHT BEHIND FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AND GUSTY. .PREVIOUS NUMBERS... BPT 78/56/66/43 5800 LCH 77/57/66/43 4800 LFT 77/59/66/43 2800 AEX 79/54/64/40 4800
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 11:09 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1109 AM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 ...THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON. A SQUALL LINE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING AND MOVE EAST THROUGH LOUISIANA TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE SQUALL LINE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE LAKES AREA OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF LOUISIANA. THIS RAINFALL HOWEVER...WILL NOT END THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ONGOING ACROSS THE REGION AS RAPID RUNOFF FROM DROUGHT HARDENED GROUNDS CAN BE EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIOS SHOULD SET THEIR RADIOS FOR ALERT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED THROUGH THE LAKE CHARLES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH. SPARKS
Local storm report, Mar 10, 2:21 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
221 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0105 PM 2 NW JASPER TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 JASPER
REThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 64 min |
| Mar 10, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 61 min |
| Mar 10, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 66 min |
| Mar 10, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 61 min |
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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.