Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2001, 10:38 PM CST for Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 24, 2001, 10:38 PM CST (04:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2001, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Saint Martin Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 11:05 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Catahoula, 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
406 WUUS54 KLCH 250439 SVRLCH LAC099-250515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1038 PM CST SAT MAR 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1115 PM CST * AT 1037 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREAUX BRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CECILIA BY 1045 PM CST HENDERSON BY 1050 PM 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. LAT...LON 3041 9197 3026 9195 3012 9156 3034 9149
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 24, 8:30 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 8:30 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 830 PM CST SAT MAR 24 2001 STORMS MOVG ACRS THE AREA TOWARDS THE EAST WHILE A FEW ISOLATED CELLS ARE MOVG MORE SE...WILL CONT TO MONITOR. ATT DO NOT SEE ANY WIDESPREAD SVR STORMS DVLPG...ALTHOUGH IT MAYBE PSBLY TO SEE ONE OR TWO REACH SVR LIMITS. COLD FRNT THRU POE AND AEX AND IS EXPECTED TO TRUCK THRU LCH/BPT BEFORE 06Z. THIS WILL EFFECTIVELY CUT OUT LOW LVL INSTABILITY. SUNNY SKIES AND COOLER TEMPS ON TAP FOR TMRW AFTN. WILL MAKE SOME AMD TO ZONES. .PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 47/61/36/62/40 50002 BPT 50/63/42/65/45 40001 LCH 51/63/40/65/42 50001 LFT 52/63/40/6@5/42 50001 K. KUYPER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 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.