Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2001, 10:14 PM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 8, 2001, 10:14 PM CST (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2001, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinton, LA | |
| Mar 8, 11:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Creole, 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 090416 SVRLCH LAC019-023-090515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1014 PM CST THU MAR 8 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1115 PM CST * AT 1010 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES WEST OF SULPHUR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... VINTON BY 1020 PM CST HACKBERRY BY 1030 PM CST STARKS BY 1035 PM CST CARLYSS...SULPHUR BY 1040 PM CST CAMERON...WESTLAKE BY 1045 PM CST LAKE CHARLES BY 1050 PM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. 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 3037 9369 2978 9377 2977 9300 3037 9305
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 Mar 8, 8:20 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 8:20 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 820 PM CST THU MAR 8 2001 THE 500 MB TROUGH IS RAPIDLY MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER EASTERN TEXAS THIS EVENING CAUSING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HAVE BEEN SEVERE...TO DEVELOPE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THIS LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND COULD BE INTO OUR AREA LATER TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGH POPS IN THE FORECAST AND SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES. THEREFORE...THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. NO UPDATES NEEDED AT THIS TIME. MARINE...BOY035 INDICATES A SOUTHEAST WIND OF 16 KNOTS WITH 5 FOOT SEAS. WILL KEEP SMALL CRAFT UP FOR TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SWITCH FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT WITH SEAS CONTINUING TO BE NEAR 6 FEET. .LCH...SCA FOR GMZ450-455-470-475. .PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 45/68/49/60/37 00+30 BPT 48/71/53/63/42 00+20 LCH 47/70/53/63/40 00+30 LFT 47/70/52/63/41 00+30 55
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 12:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 64 min |
| Mar 9, 12:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry | 63 min |
| Mar 9, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary | 53 min |
| Mar 9, 1:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | St. Mary | 62 min |
| Mar 9, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 30 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.