Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2001, 4:50 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 3 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2001, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2001, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Beaumont, TX | |
| Oct 13, 5:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, TX | |
| Oct 13, 5:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 M | Beaumont, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 2537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
377 WUUS54 KLCH 130951 SVRLCH TXC245-361-131045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 450 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 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 545 AM CDT * AT 447 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF BEAUMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BEAUMONT BY 455 AM CDT ROSE CITY...CENTRAL GARDENS BY 500 AM CDT NEDERLAND BY 505 AM CDT VIDOR...PORT NECHES...GROVES BY 510 AM CDT BRIDGE CITY BY 515 AM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3010 9435 2975 9427 2995 9379 3024 9377
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 Oct 13, 3:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 3:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
230 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001
...SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOOD EVENT POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
TODAY...
CURRENTLY SQUALL LINE CROSSING I-45 IN THE HOUSTON AREA. PROJECTIONS
WOULD HAVE THIS LINE ENTERING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA (HARDIN AND TYLER COUNTIES) CLOSE TO 3 AM. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS LINE. STRONG COLD FRONT
LOCATED IN CENTRAL TEXAS WITH DEWPOINTS DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 40S
AND 30S ACROSS WESTERN TEXAS.
FORECAST AREA SHOULD BE UNDER THE GUN TODAY AS INGREDIENTS ARE
THERE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLOODING. COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD TOWARD THE
FORECAST AREA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT TROPICAL AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL
BE IN PLACE AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CLOSE TO 2 INCHES WHICH IS
ABOUT 180 PERCENT OF NORMAL ALONG WITH CAPES OF OVER 3000 J/KG.
ALSO...JET COUPLING BETWEEN SUBTROPICAL AND POLAR WILL PROVIDE
STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS...HOWEVER COULD SEE SOME BRIEF TORNADIC ACTIVITY WITH ANY
CELL MERGERS WITH STORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE AND AT THE BOOKENDS OF
THE SQUALL LINE.
WITH THE DEEP TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL WITH THIS ACTIVITY IS LIKELY. 1 TO 3 INCHES LOOKS LIKE A
GOOD BET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. FFG NUMBERS RANGE FROM 1 1/2 TO
2 INCHES FOR 1 HOUR TO 3 INCHES FOR 6 HOURS. THEREFORE WILL EXTEND
FLOOD WATCH TO COVER ENTIRE FORECAST AREA.
SOME CLEARING MAY TAKE PLACE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY THE END OF THE
FIRST PERIOD AND ACROSS LOUISIANA DURING THE EVENING PERIOD AS 70H
TROF PASSES ACROSS THE AREA.
AS FOR TEMPS...EXPECT A COOL DOWN AS LOWER DEWPOINTS ADVECT IN BEHIND
THE FRONT DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
QUICK LOOK AT THE REST OF THE WEEK...DRY WITH MODERATING
TEMPERATURES.
.LCH...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE CWA.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HIGH ISLAND TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER.
.PRELIM NUMBERS...
AEX 75/55/76/48/76/50 +30000
BPT 78/56/77/54/78/58 +00000
LCH 80/56/77/53/77/57 +20000
LFT 82/58/77/52/77/54 +30000
...ADDED SCA TO WWA LINE...
7-RUA/LGEIn the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1257 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 PM PINEVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
10/13/01 RAPIDES RAPIDES 911 REPORTED TREES
DOWN FROM HINESTON TO
PINEVILLE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 3:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 22 min |
| Oct 13, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton | 53 min |
| Oct 13, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 35 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.