Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 4:44 PM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 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
- Mar 10, 2000, 4:44 PM CST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2000, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Avoyelles Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Marksville, 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 |
| Mar 10, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 102248 SVRLCH LAC009-102345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 444 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 545 PM CST * AT 442 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND DEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... EFFIE BY 455 PM MARKSVILLE...HESSMER BY 500 PM BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...MOREAUVILLE BY 515 PM THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL IAND DAMAGING WINDS IN THE PINEVILLE AREA. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 54 min |
| 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 |
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.