Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2001, 3:53 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 1, 2001, 3:53 PM CST (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2001, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Rapides Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:20 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Woodworth, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 012154 SVRLCH LAC079-012300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 353 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 500 PM CST * AT 350 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... FOREST HILL BY 410 PM CST WOODWORTH BY 415 PM CST LECOMPTE BY 420 PM CST ALEXANDRIA BY 425 PM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3107 9288 3090 9280 3114 9227 3137 9251
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 Mar 1, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 230 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001 RADAR SHOWING SCT CONVECTION DEVELOPING WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. VIS SAT LOOP SHOWS NOTHING BUT OVC OVER ENTIRE AREA...ADDED TEXTURE TO THE OVC INDICATING THE HIGHER TOPS OF TSRA NOTED OVER C TX THRU N LA. OUR OLD COLD FRONT STILL DANGLING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...OFFSHORE SE TX PARALLELING THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY ACROSS THE COASTAL PARISHES TO BETWEEN NEW IBERIA AND PATTERSON LA. LARGE SCALE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SW US BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE FIRST MAJOR IMPULSE (VORT/OMEGA/MOISTURE = TSRA) ALREADY OVER C TX THRU N LA. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY TONIGHT THRU SAT MORNING...WITH A STEADY STREAM OF SUCCESSIVE IMPULSES EJECTING NE AS THE ENTIRE TROF AXIS MOVES EAST. MODELS AGREE IN THIS FEATURE RELATIVELY WELL...PLACING THE H5 TROF AXIS OVER C TX BY 12Z SAT....AND CONTINUING IT EAST WITH THE AVN BEING ROBUST ABOUT SIGNIFICANT WRAP AROUND MOISTURE SAT NIGHT TO EARLY SUN. WHAT SEEM TO BE THE PROBLEM IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE GULF. ALL OF THEM SHOW THE WEAK REFLECTION OUT THERE NOW S OF LCH AND E OF CRP. THE ETA SOLUTIONS DEVELOP IT FRI EVENING AND MOVE IT ASHORE SE LA BY EARLY SAT MORNING...CONTINUING IT NE THEREAFTER. THE AVN DEVELOPS IT DURING FRIDAY...HANGS IT BACK OFF THE LA COAST AS ANOTHER LOW DEVELOPS SW...AND DUMBBELLS/MERGES BOTH LOWS AND EXPLOSIVELY DEVELOPS AT IT MOVE NE SOME 12 HOURS LATER SAT EVENING ...WHICH SEEMS A BIT ODD TO ME. THIS REALLY PLAYS HAVOC ON TEMPS SAT LOOKING AT 10-15 DEGREE DIFFERENCES IN LOW TEMPS. I FEEL THE ETA MAY BE A BIT FAST...AND LEAN A BIT CLOSER TO THE NGM...WHICH PLACES IT MOVING ASHORE LATE SAT MORNING. THIS IS SPLITTING HAIRS WITH THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM. BECAUSE THE WARM SECTOR WILL BE MOST LIKELY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LA..SPC HAS PLACED AREA JUST SE OF LFT IN SLIGHT RISK FOR FRI...SO WILL WORD ACCORDINGLY IN ZONES. NOW FOR TOTAL PRECIP OUT OF THIS SYSTEM. AVN/NGM SOLUTION ARE GIVING THE MOST PRECIP WITH A SOLID .25 TO AS MUCH AS AN INCH PER 6 OURS OVER THE E TX/ N AND SE LA REGION. MOST OF THEM AGREE IN 2-3 INCHES FROM TONIGHT THRU FRI EVENING...WHICH IS GETTING MARGINAL TO FLOOD WATCH POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY INLAND SE TX AND C LA ZONES...AS THEIR FFG VALUES ARE LOWER THAN S ZONES. WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE FLOOD WATCH (FOR RAINFALL) N ZONES...WHICH WILL MATCH WELL WITH SHV CWA. COORDINATED WITH HOU (WHICH WILL HOLD OFF BECAUSE OF VERY DRY CONDITIONS THUS FAR) AND NEW (WHICH WILL HOLD OFF BECAUSE THE HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR LATER THAN THE WINDOW OF ISSUANCE). HOWEVER...THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A WORLD OF HURT FOR AREA RIVERS IN NE TX..N LA THRU TOLEDO BEND AND THE LOWER SABINE RIVER. THE RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NECHES AND SABINE RIVERS HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED EARLIER. SEE NEWESFLCH (RIVER FLOOD WATCH). THE EXTENDED...NW FLOW BEHIND MAIN TROF WILL ALLOW HIGH PRESSURE TO DIVE S LATE SUN AND PROVIDE RIDGING AND COOLER TEMPS THRU LATE WED... WHEN THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE DAY THU. 8 .LCH...FLOOD WATCDH (FOR RAINFALL)LAZ027>033-TXZ180>182-201- .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS AEX 53/62/52/62/45 +++94 BPT 55/65/53/63/48 9++73 LCH 58/68/55/65/49 9++84 LFT 60/70/60/68/50 89+95
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 130 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001 ...A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED FOR NEWTON COUNTY... ...RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SABINE RIVER SOUTH OF TOLEDO BEND DAM... ...RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NECHES RIVER SOUTH OF STEINHAGEN LAKE... HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 2 INCHES WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN. SUCH RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER SABINE...THE LOWER NECHES...AND THE UPPER CALCASIEU RIVERS. IN FACT...A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR NEWTON COUNTY. EVACUATION OF PROPERTY HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE SABINE RIVER INCLUDING RIVER ROADS AND SABINE SANDS. PERSONS LIVING IN THE DEWEYVILLE AREA SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND PREPARE FOR EVACUATION. NEWTON COUNTYS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. RESIDENTS NEAR THE SABINE...NECHES AND CALCASIEU RIVERS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS FLOOD EVENT VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH/
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 3:10 PM CST, 43 minutes before
LAZ027-030-041-051-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 310 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001 ...A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED FOR NEWTON COUNTY... ...RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SABINE RIVER SOUTH OF TOLEDO BEND DAM... ...RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NECHES RIVER SOUTH OF STEINHAGEN LAKE... HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 2 INCHES WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN. SUCH RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER SABINE...THE LOWER NECHES...AND THE UPPER CALCASIEU RIVERS. IN FACT...A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR NEWTON COUNTY. EVACUATION OF PROPERTY HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE SABINE RIVER INCLUDING RIVER ROADS AND SABINE SANDS. PERSONS LIVING IN THE DEWEYVILLE AREA SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND PREPARE FOR EVACUATION. NEWTON COUNTY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. IN VERNON PARISH...RESIDENTS IMMEDIATELY BELOW TOLEDO BEND DAM NEED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION. FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR ALONG LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER...INCLUDING RURAL DIRT ROADS OFF OF HIGHWAY 111 HEADING TOWARDS THE SABINE RIVER. RESIDENTS NEAR THE SABINE...NECHES AND CALCASIEU RIVERS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF7 FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS FLOOD EVENT VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH/
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 3:16 PM CST, 37 minutes before
LAZ027-028-030-031-041-051-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 316 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001 ...A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED FOR NEWTON COUNTY... ...RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SABINE RIVER SOUTH OF TOLEDO BEND DAM... ...RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NECHES RIVER SOUTH OF STEINHAGEN LAKE... HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 2 INCHES WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN. SUCH RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER SABINE...THE LOWER NECHES...AND THE UPPER CALCASIEU RIVERS. IN FACT...A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED FOR NEWTON COUNTY. EVACUATION OF PROPERTY HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE SABINE RIVER INCLUDING RIVER ROADS AND SABINE SANDS. PERSONS LIVING IN THE DEWEYVILLE AREA SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND PREPARE FOR EVACUATION. NEWTON COUNTY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. IN VERNON PARISH...RESIDENTS IMMEDIATELY BELOW TOLEDO BEND DAM NEED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION. FLASH FLOODING COULD OCCUR ALONG LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER...INCLUDING RURAL DIRT ROADS OFF OF HIGHWAY 111 HEADING TOWARDS THE SABINE RIVER. RESIDENTS NEAR THE SABINE...NECHES AND CALCASIEU RIVERS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOOD WAwRNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS FLOOD EVENT VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 60 min |
| Mar 1, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.