Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 13, 2001, 4:35 PM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2001, 4:35 PM CST (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2001, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Allen Parish, LA
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
255 WUUS54 KLCH 132235 SVRLCH LAC003-132330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 435 PM CST THU DEC 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 434 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ELIZABETH BY 440 PM CST OAKDALE BY 445 PM CST A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED - TAKE COVER NOW VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3078 9296 3067 9277 3087 9259 3088 9287
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, 2:49 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 2:49 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 249 PM CST THU DEC 13 2001 SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS PROGGED TO MOVE TO NEAR TOLEDO BEND DAM THIS EVENING WITH COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH ALONG THE SABINE RIVER AT THAT TIME. LOW SHOULD MOVE OUT TO THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND TRAIL FRONT ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. DRY AIR SHOULD MOVE IN OVER ALL OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD CONTINUE PRETTY DRY UNTIL SOUTHERLY WINDS BRING HIGH MOISTURE BACK INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS SATURDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING DRIER CONDITIONS SUNDAY. WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LOUISIANA PART OF THE AREA FOR TONIGHT. CHANCES OF RAIN SHOULD HAVE DIMINISHED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY SUNSET. RAIN CHANCES OVER NIGHT SHOULD CONTINUE HIGH ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT. TOO DRY TO CALL FOR ANY CHANCES OF RAIN EXCEPT SLIGHT CHANCE EXTREME EAST FRIDAY. NEXT REAL CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ENDING SUNDAY AS MOISTURE INCREASES AHEAD OF FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY. .PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 44/57/44/67/55/62/38 5005640 BPT 48/60/48/70/60/66/40 3007640 LCH 48/60/47/70/62/66/40 4006650 LFT 50/60/46/70/64/66/40 7006660 .LCH...FLOOD WATCH...FFA....LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TONIGHT. 20
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 13, 11:01 AM CST, 5 hours 34 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, 5 hours 15 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, 4 hours 45 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
FNLocal storm report, Dec 13, 1:21 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
121 PM CST THU DEC 13 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1102 AM ROGANVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
12/13/01 JASPER 55 GAL DRUM FILLED WITH
CORN BLOWN OVER BY
ESTIMATED WINDS OF 62 MPH.
POWERLINE DOWN AND NO POWER
TO HOMEOWNER. WINDOWS
SHOOKED.
FNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 60 min |
| Dec 13, 11:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 57 min |
| Dec 13, 3:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 67 min |
| Dec 13, 3:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 4 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:25 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Dec 13, 3:25 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Dec 13, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 49 min |
| Dec 13, 5:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Dec 13, 5:29 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.