Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 2001, 4:55 PM CST for Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
- Nov 28, 2001, 4:55 PM CST (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2001, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 5:03 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Orange, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1980 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
063 WUUS54 KLCH 282256 SVRLCH TXC361-290000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 455 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 600 PM CST * AT 453 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRIDGE CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BRIDGE CITY BY 500 PM CST WEST ORANGE...ORANGE BY 505 PM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER 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 Nov 28, 3:01 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 3:01 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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
TRARESIn the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 28, 3:27 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
327 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0250 PM SARATOGA TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
11/28/01 HARDIN REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0254 PM THICKET TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
11/28/01 HARDIN REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0304 PM WARREN TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
11/28/01 TYLER REPORTED BY PUBLIC
FNLocal storm report, Nov 28, 4:20 PM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
420 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0358 PM LEBLANC LA .75 INCH HAIL
11/28/01 ALLEN REPORT FROM POST OFFICE
FNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 53 min |
| Nov 28, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 57 min |
| Nov 28, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.