Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 4:08 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 3 reports 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
- Apr 3, 2000, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2000, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 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, 4:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 M | Port Arthur, TX | |
| Apr 3, 4:20 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Groves, TX | |
| Apr 3, 4:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Port Acres, 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 030911 SVRLCH TXC245-361-031015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 408 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 515 AM * AT 359 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A DEVELOPING TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEAUMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... NEDERLAND...ROSE CITY BY 415 AM BEAUMONT...BY 425 AM THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH...BE READY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...VIOLENT WIND...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.N CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2994 9442 2981 9427 2989 9382 3020 9396
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, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 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, 4 hours 30 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, 3 hours 39 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, 3 hours 14 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....
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1218 AM SINGER LA WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 BEAUREGARD TREES DOWN ON 110 EAST
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 1:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 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, 2 hours 8 minutes 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, 1 hour 16 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, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 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 | 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.