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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2001, 5:50 PM CST for Cameron 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
- Mar 14, 2001, 5:50 PM CST (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2001, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Cameron Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 2308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 142351
SVRLCH
LAC023-150045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
550 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 550 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES WEST OF SABINE PASS TO 10 MILES WEST OF
ORANGE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WESTERN CAMERON PARISH FROM 555 PM TO 620 PM
HACKBERRY BY 620 PM CST
CAMERON...GRAND LAKE BY 635 PM CST
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEAzTHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3005 9374 2985 9385 2973 9384 2976 9308
3004 9300What 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 14, 5:50 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 5:50 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 550 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001 WILL SHORTLY BE UPDATING ZONES FOR TORNADO WATCH 64...REPLACING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 63. RATHER BUSY THIS AFTERNOON. LCH 88D SHOWING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TRACKING NORTHEAST. A FEW CELLS APPROACHING SEVERE LIMITS. SPC SUGGESTING WATCH MAY BE UPCOMING AS UPPER TROUGH ADVANCES INTO REGION. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE IN THIS EVENINGS FORECAST AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO EAST TEXAS WITH STRONG DIVERGENCE INDICATED BY MODELS. 0-3 KM HELICITY VALUES EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WITH MESO ETA SHOWING 1371 M2/S2 AT LCH AT 00Z. THIS A RESULT OF EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS...VEERING TO THE SOUTH AT 8H WHILE INCREASING TO 50 TO 60 KT...BECOMING NEAR WEST AT 7H. LIMITING FACTOR TO SEVERE CONTINUES TO BE THE ABSENCE OF SURFACE BASED MOISTURE...WITH DEW POINTS GENERALLY IN THE LOW TO MID 50S ACROSS THE REGION. BELIEVE HOWEVER...EVEN WITHOUT THIS IN PLACE... DYNAMICS WILL STILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SEE A FEW STORMS REACH SEVERE LIMITS. MODELS GENERALLY IN AGREEMENT IN TRACKING STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW NOW OVER SOUTH TEXAS NORTHEAST TO SOUTH CENTRAL GULF COAST THIS EVENING. ANY NORTHWARD DEVIATION AND RESULTING INCREASED SURFACE MOISTURE FROM FORECAST TRACK HOWEVER...COULD BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING A SUBSTANTIAL OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. NOW AWAY FROM THE DOOM AND GLOOM. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW THIS SYSTEM INTO THE REGION...BRINGING SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES THURSDAY...COOLING THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE HIGH PLOWS FURTHER INTO THE REGION. RAIN CHANCES RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND AS A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE NW CONUS AND DROPS SOUTHEAST. .LCH...TORNADO WATCH...TXZ182-215-216...LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055 .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AEX 48/68/43/61/41 +0000 BPT 53/74/44/61/45 +0000 LCH 52/75/43/63/43 +0000 LFT 55/74/44/62/45 +0000 MARCOTTE
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.