Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 29, 2001, 7:10 AM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2001, 7:10 AM CST (13:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2001, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 7:25 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | De Quincy, LA | |
| Jan 29, 7:35 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Singer, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 3:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
653 WUUS54 KLCH 291311 SVRLCH LAC003-011-019-079-115-291400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 710 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERNON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 800 AM CST * AT 709 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA TO 15 MILES EAST OF ORANGE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LONGVILLE BY 725 AM CST BUNDICK LAKE BY 730 AM CST RAGLEY BY 735 AM CST BOYCE...PITKIN...SUGARTOWN BY 740 AM CST CARLYSS...SULPHUR BY 745 AM CST DRY CREEK...GILLIS BY 750 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
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 Jan 29, 1:34 AM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 1:34 AM CST, 5 hours 36 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
134 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001
MODELS APPEAR TO BE WELL INITIALIZED AT 00Z AND OUT PUTS ARE
SIMILAR FOR OUR AREA.
AT UPPER LEVELS SIGNIFICANT DIVERGENCE IS PROGGED FOR THE AREA TODAY
AHEAD OF MID AND UPPER TROUGH PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT. NOSE
OF UPPER JET IS PROGGED OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA OR THE NORTHWESTERN
EXTREMES OF THE LOCAL AREA THIS MORNING INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI BY
EVENING. THIS IS A LITTLE FAR NORTH TO AID STORM PRODUCTION EXCEPT
OVER THE NORTHERN EXTREMES OF THE AREA. STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL LIFT
WILL TRAVERSE THE AREA TODAY. MODERATE LIFT WILL RETURN TUESDAY
NIGHT. 50 KT LOW LEVEL JET PROGGED TO TRAVERSE EAST ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY SHOULD PROVIDE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR STORM
PRODUCTION. SURFACE NORTH TO SOUTH COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND OVER THE
WESTERN EXTREMES OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND SHIFT TO THE
EAST OF THE AREA BY EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT...DRY AIR SHOULD
PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
WILL CALL FOR CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 90 PERCENT TODAY
THEN 0 POPS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP EAST INTO THE WESTERN EXTREMES OF THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING AND TRAVERSE EAST OVER THE AREA TODAY. SEVERE STORMS...
PRIMARILY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...ARE A POSSIBILITY TODAY.
FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH SO QUICKLY THAT FLOOD PRODUCING
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BASIN AVERAGE 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
PEGGED AT AN ONLY AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER FOR OUR AREA.
.LCH...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HIGH ISLAND TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER...
...GMZ450-455-470-4o75
.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AEX 62/43/67/44 9000
BPT 66/44/69/46 9000
LCH 67/46/69/46 9000
LFT 70/47/69/46 9000In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 29, 3:00 AM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 292200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 ...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TODAY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER THAT WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN ARKANSAS AT SUNRISE WILL TRAIL A COLD FRONT SOUTH FROM NORTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DRAG THE COLD FRONT EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT A LINE OR LINES OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP INTO SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PRIOR TO SUNRISE TODAY...MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH MID DAY AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA BY MID AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL END AS THE FRONT PASSES. THE LINE OR LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY EXTEND SOUTHWEST OR SOUTH OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND MOVE FROM HIGH ISLAND EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE LOCALLY HIGHER NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS AND COULD POSE A THREAT TO THE SAFETWY OF MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN SMALL CRAFT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. SPARKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 6:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 53 min |
| Jan 29, 7:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides, Vernon | 50 min |
| Jan 29, 8:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 56 min |
| Jan 29, 8:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 56 min |
| Jan 29, 10:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 52 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.