Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT for Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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 3, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2000, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 3:29 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirbyville, 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 030801 SVRLCH TXC241-030900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 252 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BUNA BY 305 AM CDT KIRBYVILLE BY 310 AM CDT 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 WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
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 3, 2:43 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:43 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 243 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000 AT 07Z...QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR A KSHV-KIAH-KVCT LINE. THE CANADIAN COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEAR A KIRK-KTUL-KLBB LINE. THE CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL CATCH UP WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH THROUGH THE ENTIRE FA BY 00Z. UNTIL THEN WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH SEVERAL MORE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS SEVERAL 500MB SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE MAIN 500 MB TROF MOVING THROUGH OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERN TODAY WILL BE THE HEAVY RAIN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...WILL NOT ISSUE A FFA AT THIS TIME. ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR TODAY CAN BE HANDLED BY URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES. THERE WILL ALSO BE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA REMAINS RATHER UNSTABLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT TONIGHT AS THE 500 MB TROF MOVES EAST OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. .LCH...NONE TX...NONE LA...NONE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... LCH 76/46/65/43 +000 BPT 74/46/67/43 +000 LFT 77/47/64/42 +200 AEX 71/45/64/39 +000
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 2, 11:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1138 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1125 PM MERRYVILLE LA .88 INCH HAIL
04/02/00 BEAUREGARD REPORTED BY PUBLIC
1137 PM 3 W DE RIDDER LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/02/00 BEAUREGARD REPORTED BY PUBLIC
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 12:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1229 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1203 AM ROSEPINE LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 VERNON REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPT
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 12:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1254 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
*
1218 AM SINGER LA WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 BEAUREGARD TREES DOWN ON 110 EAST
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 1:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
147 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
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1235 AM GRANT LA WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 ALLEN TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 2:00 AM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
200 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1209 AM DEVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 RAPIDES LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS
BARRON CHAPEL ROAD
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 2:52 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
252 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0253 AM SOUR LAKE TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 HARDIN
0254 AM SILSBEE TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 HARDIN
0254 AM KOUNTZE TEX .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 HARDIN
FNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 61 min |
| Apr 2, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 4:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 4:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Orange | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.