Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Nov 28, 2001, 3:10 PM CST (21:10 UTC)

Expired

Nov 28, 2001, 4:15 PM CST

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS54 KLCH 282111
SVRLCH
LAC019-282215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
310 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 304 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES...MOVING  
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARLYSS BY 315 PM CST
  SULPHUR BY 320 PM CST
  WESTLAKE...LAKE CHARLES BY 325 PM CST
  MOSS BLUFF BY 335 PM CST

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

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

LAT...LON 3031 9305 3038 9340 3009 9351 3007 9324

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 28, 3:01 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
301 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001

.UPDATED...
A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2000 CST. ALSO CORRECTED
LAFAYETTE TEMPERATURES.

.TONIGHT...
STATIONARY COLD FRONT...WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
THROUGH WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...IS FORECAST TO MIGRATE EAST INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY EARLY MORNING. PRE-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. WILL RETAIN SEVERE WORDING ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

POST FRONTAL RAINS WILL PERSIST...AS DEEP SOUTHERLIES OVER-GLIDE THE
COOLER SURFACE AIR. WILL RETAIN FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACROSS ALL OF
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

WINDS WILL PICK UP ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. THE MARINE FORECASTER
WILL ISSUE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.THURSDAY...
A POLAR TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...USHERING IN
DRIER AIR. RAINS EXPECTED TO END FROM THE WEST...HOWEVER CLOUDS AND
ROBUST COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL CAUSE SUBNORMAL MAXIMUMS.

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AEX 44/45/30/60/40/67/45 +800000
BPT 40/49/35/64/50/70/50 7500002
LCH 46/50/33/65/47/70/50 9700002
LFT 65/65/32/64/45/71/48 +800002

.LCH...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...LAZ027>029-030>033-041>045-051>055
       TORNADO WATCH TONIGHT...LAZ027>029-030>033-041>045-051>055
       FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...TXZ180>182-201-215-216
       SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...GMZ450-455-470-475

TRARES

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.