Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2001, 11:23 PM CDT for Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 22 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
- May 24, 2001, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2001, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Evangeline Parish, LA
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 2062 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 965 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 250423 SVRLCH LAC039-250445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1123 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3096 9245 3086 9241 3089 9224 3098 9236
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 May 24, 9:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 9:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 900 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001 LITTLE TIME TO GET LONG WINDED. BASICALLY BEEN UPDATING ZONES FOR WATCH RECONFIGURATION AND TIMING OF FRONT/SVR TSRA. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE LIKELY BE NEEDED AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON AS WATCHES EXPIRE/POSSIBLE REISSUED. .LCH...NONE. .PRELIM NUMBERS... AEX 60/80/62/83/63 70032 BPT 64/83/64/85/66 50032 LCH 65/82/65/85/67 50032 LFT 65/82/65/85/66 40032
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
930 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM ALEXANDRIA LA 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES
0541 PM 1 N PINEVILLE LA 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES
0545 PM ALEXANDRIA LA .75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
DIME SIZED HAIL AT I-45 AND
US 165.
0555 PM FULLERTON LA 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 VERNON REPORTED BY FORT POLK
WEATHER.
0633 PM 5 N ELIZABETH LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
COVERED THE GROUND.
0635 PM 3 E GARDNER LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL NEAR
KINCAID LAKE.
0640 PM 10 W ALEXANDRIA LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES
0640 PM 3 N EFFIE LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 AVOYELLES
0650 PM ALEXANDRIA LA .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES NICKEL SIZED HAIL FELL FOR
10 MINUTES AND COVERED THE
GROUND NEAR CHARLES PARK
SUBDIVISION.
0655 PM ALEXANDRIA LA 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES BASEBALL SIZED HAIL NEAR
THE COLISEUM.
0657 PM PINEVILLE LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES
0658 PM ELIZABETH LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 ALLEN GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.
0700 PM ALEXANDRIA LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT
VICTORIA DRIVE.
0730 PM PINEVILLE LA 4.00 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES GRAPEFRUIT SIZED HAIL.
0735 PM CLEARWATER LA .88 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 EVANGELINE
0750 PM PINE PRAIRIE LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 EVANGELINE GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT
CHICOT AND PINE PRAIRIE.
0820 PM REDDELL LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 EVANGELINE LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
COVERING THE GROUND.Special weather statement, May 24, 10:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>043-051-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-250500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1015 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 285 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 282 FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA HAS EXPIRED...BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON... CALCASIEU...JEFF DAVIS...BEAUREGARD AND ALLEN PARISHES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PULSING TO SEVERE LIMITS AT TIMES...TO CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Local storm report, May 24, 10:48 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1048 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 PM GLENMORA LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 RAPIDES
1012 PM SUGARTOWN LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 BEAUREGARD GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
1039 PM ELIZABETH LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 ALLEN ELIZABETH FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND SKYWARN OBSERVERS
REPORT HAIL OF QUARTER
SIZED TO GOLFBALL.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 64 min |
| May 24, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 55 min |
| May 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 33 min |
| May 24, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 53 min |
| May 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 57 min |
| May 24, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 54 min |
| May 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 46 min |
| May 24, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 51 min |
| May 25, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.