Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 29, 2001, 10:23 AM CST for Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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
- Jan 29, 2001, 10:23 AM CST (16:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2001, 11:15 AM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 10:43 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Grosse Tete, LA | Several trees were blown down along Highway 77. |
| Jan 29, 10:45 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Zachary, LA | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| Jan 29, 10:55 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Pride, LA | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| Jan 29, 10:55 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwell Spgs, LA | Trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
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, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 291626 SVRLCH LAC045-099-291715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1023 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1115 AM CST * AT 1020 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW IBERIA TO ST. MARTINVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LOREAUVILLE BY 1030 AM CST BUTTE LA ROSE BY 1035 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 200 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 3030 9169 2981 9199 3057 9090 3105 9059
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, 10:00 AM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 10:00 AM CST, 23 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1000 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001
CURRENTLY...A WEAKENING SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA FROM SIMMESPORT TO INTRACOASTAL
CITY AND INTO THE GULF WATERS BEYOND 60 MILES SOUTH OF WHITE LAKE
WAS MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AT NEARLY 40 MPH. LINE AND COLD FRONT
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA SHORTLY AFTER NOON.
BEHIND THE FRONT TEMPS DROP QUICKLY TO NEAR 50...ABOUT A 15 TO 20
DEGREE DIFFERENCE.
CLEARING LINE IN CENTRAL TEXAS FROM WACO TO SAN ANTONIO MAKING STEADY
PROGRESS TO THE EAST AND SHOULD MAKE IT INTO THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MID AFTERNOON.
WOULD EXPECT TO UPDATE ZONES AGAIN AROUND NOON TIME OR SOONER TO
CLEAR AREA OF THE WATCH. AT THAT TIME WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS
NECESSARY TO CLOUDS AND TEMPS.
7-RUA
.LCH...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HIGH ISLAND TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER...
...GMZ450-455-470-475.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 10 UNTIL 20Z...
...LAZ028-029-031>033-042>045-051>055.
.PREVIOUS 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
Local storm report, Jan 29, 7:19 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
719 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0518 AM JASPER TX WIND DAMAGE
01/29/01 JASPER LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES BLOWN DOWN AT HOPKINS
DRIVE
0533 AM BROOKELAND TX WIND DAMAGE
01/29/01 JASPER LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG
HIGHWAY 96 AT BROOKELAND
0545 AM EVADALE TX WIND DAMAGE
01/29/01 JASPER LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES BLOWN DOWN AT JONES
ROAD IN EVADALE
0603 AM BURKEVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
01/29/01 NEWTON TREES BLOWN DOWN ACROSS
HIGHWAYS 87 AND 692 AT
BURKEVILLESpecial weather statement, Jan 29, 7:30 AM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 291500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 730 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9 CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM THIS MORNING FOR CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 9 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... HARDIN...JASPER... JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...TYLER A LINE OF SHOWERS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FLATWOODS IN NORTHWEST RAPIDES PARISH TO DEQUINCY IN NORTHERN CALCASIEU PARISH TO HACKBERRY IN CAMERON PARISH. THE LINE EXTENDED OFFSHORE FOR 60 NAUTICAL MILES. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST 40 MPH...WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE RACING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH OR MORE. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE LINE WILL PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WHICH WILL BLOW OVER TREES AND DAMAGE POWER LINES. THEREG IS A DANGER TO MOTORISTS FROM TREES FALLING ACROSS ROADWAYS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THOSE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH. SPARKS
Local storm report, Jan 29, 8:13 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
813 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 AM GRANT LA WIND DAMAGE
01/29/01 ALLEN TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
LOCAL TELEVISION STATION.
0730 AM BOYCE LA WIND DAMAGE
01/29/01 RAPIDES SEVERAL TREES DOWN
INCLUDING ONE ACROSS A
TRAILER REPORTED BY FIRE
CHIEF.Special weather statement, Jan 29, 9:30 AM CST, 53 minutes before
GMZ455-475-LAZ028-029-031>033-042>045-051>055-292000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 930 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 10 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RAPIDES...ALLEN...JEFF DAVIS AND CAMERON PARISHES... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 10 CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES UNTIL 2 PM...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...SAINT LANDRY... ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...UPPER SAINT MARTIN...VERMILION...IBERIA... SAINT MARY AND LOWER SAINT MARTIN... AT 920 AM...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF AVOYELLES PARISH TO THE COAST NEAR PECAN ISLAND IN VERMILION PARISH AND INTO THE GULF BEYOND 60 MILES SOUTH OF WHITE LAKE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS LINE. THESE WINDS CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. THERE IS A DANGER TO MOTORISTS FROM TREES FALLING ACROSS ROADWAYS. BEHIND THIS LINE...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RAPIDES...ALLEN...JEFF DAVIS AND CAMERON PARISHES. RUA
Local storm report, Jan 29, 10:15 AM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1015 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0944 AM LAFAYETTE LA WIND DAMAGE
01/29/01 LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE 911 REPORTS
TRAILER DAMAGED AT 5411 W.
CONGRESS STREET.
0945 AM SCOTT LA WIND DAMAGE
01/29/01 LAFAYETTE SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
WINDOW BLOWN OUT AT SCOTT
MIDDLE SCHOOL.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 | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 50 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.