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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 3, 2000Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 9:00 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2000, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 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, 9:40 AM CDT	Hail 0.88	Hamshire, TX
Apr 3, 9:50 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Vidor, 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 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KLCH 031401
SVRLCH
TXC245-361-031500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
900 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 852 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 57 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEAUMONT...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAMSHIRE BY 925 AM CDT
  FANNET BY 930 AM CDT
  BEAUMONT BY 940 AM CDT
  NEDERLAND...ROSE CITY BY 945 AM CDT
  PINE FOREST...VIDOR BY 950 AM CDT
  MAURICEVILLE...ORANGE BY 1000 AM CDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH COULD
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

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, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:43 AM CDT, 6 hours 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 3, 5:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 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

FN

Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 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

FN

Local storm report, Apr 3, 7:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 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, 1 hour 33 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.

Local storm report, Apr 3, 8:16 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
816 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 AM    HAMSHIRE                  TX   TORNADO
04/03/00   JEFFERSON                      *** 2 INJ ***
                                          2 TRAILER DESTROYED AS
                                          REPORTED BY TEXAS DPS.

0430 AM    GROVES                    TX   TORNADO
04/03/00   JEFFERSON                      WILSON MIDDLE SCHOOL GYM
                                          DESTROYED. 4 CLASS
                                          ROOMS DAMAGED. 2
                                          HOUSES DAMAGED AS
                                          REPORTED BY TEXAS DPS.

0500 AM    8 SW LAKE CHARLES         LA    MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/03/00   CALCASIEU                      *** 4 INJ ***
                                          MOBILE HOME FLIPPED OVER.
                                          5 PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE
                                          FOR 2 HOURS. TELEPHONE
                                          POLES DOWN. 3 MAJOR
                                          WEATHER RELATED FIRES
                                          CAUSED BY POWER LINES
                                          DOWN AS REPORTED BY OEP.

THM

Local storm report, Apr 3, 8:34 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
834 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0600 AM    GRAND LAKE                LA    MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/03/00   CAMERON                        TREES DOWN. REPORTS OF
                                          ROOF DAMAGE AS REPORTED BY
                                          CAMERON SHERIFFS
                                          DEPT.

0400 AM    MERRYVILLE                LA    MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/03/00   BEAUREGARD                     SEVERAL TREES DOWN AS
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0550 AM    JENNINGS                  LA    MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/03/00   JEFFERSON DAVIS                WAREHOUSE BLOWN ONTO HWY
                                          90.

0552 AM    JENNINGS                  LA    MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/03/00   JEFFERSON DAVIS                SEVERAL TRAILERS
                                          DAMAGED...WEST
                                          DIVISION AS REPORTED BY
                                          RADIO STATION.

THM

The 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	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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.