Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 22, 2001, 10:40 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 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 22, 2001, 10:40 PM CST (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2001, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Rapides Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 11:32 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Alexandria, LA |
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 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
295 WUUS54 KLCH 230440 SVRLCH LAC079-230545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1040 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1145 PM CST * AT 1030 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ALEXANDRIA BY 1045 PM CST PINEVILLE...BALL BY 1055 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. 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 3131 9275 3114 9266 3123 9225 3143 9240
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 22, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 800 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2001 CLEARING LINE OF STORMS MOVING THRU NW TYLER COUNTY AT THIS TIME. FRONT THRU HOU AND LOOKS TO MOVE THRU LCH AND BPT BEFORE MIDNIGHT... LFT AROUND 4 AM. SHOWERS LOOK TO END DRG THE EARLY MRNG HOURS. SKIES CLEARING TOWARDS SUNRISE. LOOKS LIKE A GREAT DAY ON TAP WITH TEMPS STRUGGLING TO REACH 60 DEGREES. CHRISTMAS WHICH IS ON EVERYONES MIND... ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 15 LOOKS TO BE COLD. CLR SKIES...NO RAIN... MRNG LOWS STARTING OUT AROUND 30 DOWN TOWARDS THE COAST... MID 20S INLAND LCTNS. AFTN TEMPS AROUND 50. WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST FOR MINOR CHANGES. .LCH...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ450-455-470-475 .PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 47/57/29/50/25/45 900000 BPT 50/62/34/53/31/50 900000 LCH 54/61/34/52/30/49 900000 LFT 60/60/34/52/29/48 900000 K. KUYPER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 22, 9:00 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
900 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0840 PM GILLIS LA WIND DAMAGE
12/22/01 CALCASIEU BARN MOVED OFF FOUNDATION
AT 855 GILLIS LANE.
0840 PM GILLIS LA .88 INCH HAIL
12/22/01 CALCASIEU
THMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 8:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 64 min |
| Dec 22, 9:24 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Dec 22, 9:24 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Dec 22, 9:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 48 min |
| Dec 22, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 64 min |
| Dec 22, 10:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 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.