Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Oct 12, 2001, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)

Expired

Oct 12, 2001, 10:45 PM CDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Rapides Parish, LA

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS54 KLCH 130249
SVRLCH
LAC079-130345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...FOR HIGH WINDS AND HAIL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
948 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF GLENMORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CALCASIEU...MCNARY...GLENMORA...HINESTON BY 955 PM CDT
  FOREST HILL BY 1010 PM CDT
  WOODWORTH BY 1025 PM CDT
  ALEXANDRIA BY 1045 PM CDT

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

DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED - TAKE COVER NOW 
VEHICLES AND MOBIL HOMES ARE NOT SAFE.

CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3111 9281 3091 9280 3091 9259 3116 9232
          3135 9251

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 12, 9:07 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
907 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

.OVERNIGHT...
ITS BEEN A LONG DAY...COURTESY OF THE SEVERE WEATHER.

.LCH...FFA (FLOOD WATCH) TXZ180>182-201-215-216
    ...                  LAZ027-030-031-041-042-051

.PREVAILING NUMBERS...
AEX 70/78/55/76/49/73/50 4830000
BPT 73/80/56/77/55/75/58 4800000
LCH 72/80/56/77/53/75/57 4800000
LFT 70/83/58/76/52/73/54 4830000

TRARES

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
354 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

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

0340 PM    LUMBERTON                 TX   TORNADO
10/12/01   HARDIN                         TREES KNOCKED DOWN...NO
                                          INJURIES REPORTED.

FN

LAZ028-029-032-033-043>045-052>055-130900-

HEAVY RAIN OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
354 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

...HEAVY RAINS FOR SATURDAY...

AN APPROACHING TEXAS COLD FRONT WILL LIFT A DEEP GULF AIR MASS...
THUS GENERATING TROPICAL DOWNPOURS. ALSO SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE. AVERAGE RAINFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE BETWEEN ONE
AND TWO INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR THREE INCHES. THE RAINS
SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON.

TRARES

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
423 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

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

0405 PM    2 S EVADALE               TX   TORNADO
10/12/01   JASPER                         CONFIRMED TORNADO
                                          TOUCHDOWN BY THE EVADALE
                                          FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAVELING
                                          SOUTH ON HWY 105

FN

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.