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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 2001, 7:46 PM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2001, 7:46 PM CST (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2001, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
940 WUUS54 KLCH 290146 SVRLCH LAC003-290230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 746 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 830 PM CST * AT 743 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... OBERLIN BY 800 PM CST 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, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 3:01 PM CST, 4 hours 45 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, 4 hours 19 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, 3 hours 26 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, 6:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Nov 29, 3:50 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.