Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 7:27 AM CDT for Iberia Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 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, 7:27 AM CDT (12:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2000, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | New Iberia, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 031228 SVRLCH LAC045-101-031330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 727 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 830 AM CDT * AT 720 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW IBERIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LOREAUVILLE BY 740 AM CDT LAKE FAUSSE POINTE BY 750 AM CDT JEANERETTE BY 740 AM CDT FRANKLIN BY 750 AM CDT PATTERSON BY 800 AM CDT MORGAN CITY BY 810 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 CENTRAL LOUISIANA. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.
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 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 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, 5:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 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 57 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 35 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, 55 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, 24 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.Local storm report, Apr 3, 7:27 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
727 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 AM PORT ARTHUR TX 65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/03/00 JEFFERSON AS REPORTED BY LOCAL TV
AUTOMATED WEATHER
STATION.
0625 AM 2 NE CHURCH POINT LA MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/03/00 ACADIA BUILDING DESTROYED. PORCH
BLOWN OF TRAILER AS
REPORTxED BY 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, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.