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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 13, 2001, 12:34 PM CST for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
- Dec 13, 2001, 12:34 PM CST (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2001, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton County, TX
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
002 WUUS54 KLCH 131834 SVRLCH TXC351-131930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1234 PM CST THU DEC 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 130 PM CST * AT 1230 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF DEWEYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... DEWEYVILLE BY 1245 PM CST THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. 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.
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, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 10:11 AM CST, 2 hours 23 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, 11:01 AM CST, 1 hour 33 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, 1 hour 14 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, 44 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, 11:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 62 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.