Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 13, 2001, 11:58 AM CST for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Dec 13, 2001, 11:58 AM CST (17:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2001, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Hardin County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 12:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Silsbee, 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
167 WUUS54 KLCH 131758 SVRLCH TXC199-131900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1158 AM CST THU DEC 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 100 PM CST * AT 1154 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SILSBEE BY 1210 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 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3031 9440 3018 9425 3035 9410 3051 9420
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 Dec 13, 10:11 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 10:11 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1011 AM CST THU DEC 13 2001 FORECAST LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK FOR THE SHORT TERM. POPS WILL BE HIGH AHEAD OF COLD FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT. LATEST MODEL RUNS MOVE LOW PRESSURE CENTER FROM THE MID TO UPPER SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST AT MID DAY ALONG FRONT INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. FRONT SHOULD TRAIL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FROM LOW BUT NOT MAKE IT THROUGH EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA BEFORE SUNSET. WILL INCREASE CHANCE OF RAIN FOR TONIGHT AND RE-ISSUE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LOUISIANA PART OF THE AREA FOR TODAY. .LCH...FLOOD WATCH...FFA....LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TODAY. .PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 68/44/57/42/65/56 950017 BPT 69/48/58/47/68/60 930017 LCH 68/48/59/46/68/60 940017 LFT 71/47/59/46/68/60 9700-7 SPARKS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 13, 6:00 AM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-131600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 600 AM CST THU DEC 13 2001 ...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER TODAY... AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES WILL MOVE EASTWARD TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS RICH MOISTURE COMBINED WITH ENERGY FROM A STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE TODAY. THE LAKE CHARLES WEATHER OFFICE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL FAVOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. BECAUSE RELATIVELY MOIST GROUNDS ALREADY EXIST ACROSS THE AREA...THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR FLOODING. ALL INTERESTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG RIVERS...STREAMS... CREEKS AND BAYOUS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. K. KUYPER
Special weather statement, Dec 13, 11:01 AM CST, 57 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1101 AM CST THU DEC 13 2001 ...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER TODAY... A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER ALONG THE MID TO UPPER TEXAS COAST LATE THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW AND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL TRAIL SOUTHWEST FROM THE LOW. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE TODAY. PARTS OF THE AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FROM RECENT RAINS. ADDITIONAL RAINS IN THESE AREA WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND POSSIBLY FLOODING. ALL INTERESTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG RIVERS...STREAMS... CREEKS AND BAYOUS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 20
Local storm report, Dec 13, 11:20 AM CST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1120 AM CST THU DEC 13 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1118 AM NEWTON TX .88 INCH HAIL
12/13/01 NEWTON REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPT
FNLocal storm report, Dec 13, 11:50 AM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1150 AM CST THU DEC 13 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1143 AM EVANS LA .88 INCH HAIL
12/13/01 VERNON ESTIMATED 45 MPH WINDS
REPORTED BY MCMAHON GROCERY
FNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 9:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 47 min |
| Dec 13, 10:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 66 min |
| Dec 13, 10:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 62 min |
| Dec 13, 12:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.