Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 7:07 AM CDT for Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 68 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2000, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2000, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Saint Martin Parish, LA
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 3, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 031210 SVRLCH LAC099-031315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 707 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 815 AM CDT * AT 707 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREAUX BRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BUTTE LA ROSE BY 725 AM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY FOR SOUTH CENnTRAL LOUISIANA. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3033 9194 3015 9195 3005 9113 3031 9110
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, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 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 3, 5:07 AM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
507 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0452 AM VINTON LA WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 CALCASIEU 60 MPH WINDS AND NICKLE
SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
VINTON POLICE DEPT)
0430 AM PORT ACRES LA WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 JEFFERSON ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 5:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
523 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 AM HAMSHIRE TX TORNADO
04/03/00 JEFFERSON MOBILE HOME DESTROYED
POSSIBLE TORNADO
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 5:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
530 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0513 AM WESTLAKE LA .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 CALCASIEU
0515 AM LAKE CHARLES LA WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 CALCASIEU 49 MPH WINDS AND DRIVING
RAIN AT NWS LAKE CHARLES
0537 AM GRAND LAKE LA WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 CAMERON CARPORT
DESTROYED...REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS DEPT
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 5:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
552 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 AM ECHO LA WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 AVOYELLES PULL FRONT PORCH OFF
HOME...TRAMPOLINE THROWN
0530 AM LAKE CHARLES LA WIND DAMAGE
04/03/00 CALCASIEU 50 MPH WINDS...2 INCH RAIN
IN 30 MINUTES/WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGE
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 6:32 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
632 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 AM ORANGE TX .88 INCH HAIL
04/03/00 ORANGE REPORTED BY CHEVRON
MINI-MART
0540 AM ROANOKE LA TORNADO
04/03/00 JEFFERSON DAVIS POWERLINES DOWN /
BUILDINGS DAMAGED / TREES
DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO
0635 AM HATHAWAY LA TORNADO
04/03/00 JEFFERSON DAVIS POWERLINES DOWN...TREES
DOWN...BUILDINGS
DOWN...BUILDINGS DAMAGED
0613 AM 3 N IOTA LA TORNADO
04/03/00 ACADIA HOUSE DAMAGED...TREES
DOWN...POSSIBLE
TORNADO
FNLocal storm report, Apr 3, 7:03 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
703 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0627 AM OPELOUSAS LA TSTM WIND GUST
04/03/00 ST. LANDRY TRAILER BLOWN OVER. TREES
AND POWERLINES DOWN AS
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
0600 AM IOTA LA MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/03/00 ACADIA TRAILER BLOWN OFF BLOCKS.
CARPORT BLOWN ON TO
CAR AS REPORTED BY LOCAL
RESIDENT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 68 min |
| Apr 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 65 min |
| Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline | 61 min |
| Apr 2, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 61 min |
| Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 61 min |
| Apr 2, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 64 min |
| Apr 3, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 3:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 68 min |
| Apr 3, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 5:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 5:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 6:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 7:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 64 min |
| Apr 3, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 64 min |
| Apr 3, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Rapides | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 60 min |
| Apr 3, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.