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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 2, 2000Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2000, 4:58 AM CDT for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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: Apr 2, 2000, 4:58 AM CDT (09:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 2, 5:40 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Spurger, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 2, 1:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2474 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 10.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Apr 2, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
230 AM CST SUN APR 2 2000

SHWRS AND TSTMS WITH SVRL CELLS SPLITTING AND VILS AROUND 60 IN
STORMS TO THE WEST. ALL INGREDIENTS IN PLACE FOR A HEAVY RAIN/SVR
TSTM EVENT. STORM MOVEMENT TO THE NORTHWEST. CAPE TONIGHT ABT
3000(J/KG)...HELICITY 215 (M/S)... AND PRECIP WATER AROUND 1.74
INCHES. NEW WATCH TO BE ISSUED WILL COVER SEVERAL PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LA.

AS A RESULT...RAIN COOLED ENVIRONMENT WILL HOLD TEMPS IN CHECK. PRES
GRAD TO REMAIN STRONG AND HAVE PUT IN CAUTION ADVISED ON AREA LAKES
TODAY. TONIGHT SHWRS AND TSTMS CONTG WITH AREAS OF PATCHY DENSE FOG.
FINALLY ON MONDAY STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES DOWN INTO SE TX AND
SOUTHERN LA SKIES CLRG. THIS LOOKS TO BRING TEMPS BELOW CLIMO NORMS
THROUGH MID-WEEK... INTERESTING

MARINE INTEREST...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.

.LCH...NONE.
TX...NONE.
LA...NONE.

UPDATED NUMBERS...
LCH 77/68/73/ 997
BPT 75/67/74/ 997
LFT 82/66/73/ 677
AEX 77/66/70/ 997

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Tyler	60 min
Apr 2, 3:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper	55 min
Apr 2, 6:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	58 min
Apr 2, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson	54 min
Apr 2, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Orange	64 min
Apr 2, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Newton	61 min
Apr 2, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson	54 min
Apr 2, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Orange	61 min
Apr 2, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson	67 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.