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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 3, 2000Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 11:00 AM CDT for Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 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, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2000, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 11:15 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Ville Platte, 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 nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 031604
SVRLCH
LAC011-039-079-031700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1100 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1052 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF               
  GLENMORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FOREST HILL BY 1115 AM CDT
  CHENEYVILLE...LECOMPTE...WOODWORTH BY 1120 AM CDT

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

DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED - TAKE COVER NOW! VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE.

CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WUEATHER 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, 9:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 9:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
902 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

...TORNADO WATCH #153 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
...TORNADO WATCH #154 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON...

CURRENT ANALYSIS SHOWS THE LLJ (LOW-LEVEL JET) ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...AND THE THERMAL (THETA-E) RIDGE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SWEEP ACROSS THE COUNTY
WARNING AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON...SHOVING THE THETA-E RIDGE EAST...
CONVECTIVE RAINS WILL FOLLOW IN TANDEM. THE MESO-ETA ENDS BOTH STABLE
AND CONVECTIVE RAINS BY EARLY EVENING.

21

.LCH...NONE
TX...NONE
LA...NONE

ADJUSTED NUMBERS...
LCH 76/46/65/43 v4000
BPT 74/46/67/43 3000
LFT 77/47/64/42 5200
AEX 71/45/64/39 3000

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 7:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 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, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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

Local storm report, Apr 3, 9:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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

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

0700 AM    OPELOUSAS                 LA    MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/03/00   ST. LANDRY                     TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
                                          AS REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
                                          DEPT.

THM

Local storm report, Apr 3, 9:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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

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

0940 AM    HAMSHIRE                  TX   .88 INCH HAIL
04/03/00   JEFFERSON                      AS REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT.

THM

Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:02 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1002 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

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

0950 AM    VIDOR                     TX   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/00   ORANGE                         AS REPORTED BY VIDOR PD.

THM

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, 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	Beauregard	60 min
Apr 3, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	68 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.