Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2001, 3:35 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. 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
- Jun 26, 2001, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2001, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 2097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
947 WUUS54 KLCH 262037 SVRLCH TXC245-361-262130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 335 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTRAL GARDENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ROSE CITY BY 345 PM CDT VIDOR BY 355 PM CDT CENTRAL GARDENS BY 345 PM CDT 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 3003 9421 2991 9407 3009 9380 3023 9393
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 Jun 26, 3:00 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:00 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2001 AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER KENTUCKY IS SLOWLY RETROGRADING WEST AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE A NORTHWEST FLOW ABOVE 15 THSD FEET IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE LCH SOUNDING SHOWS A PRECIP WATER OF 1.40 AND A CAPE OF 3655. THIS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW AND THURSDAY CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT. THE WINDS SHOULD INCREASE ENOUGH OVER THE AREA TO DECREASE THE CHANCE FOR FOG TONIGHT AND ALSO CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH AMPLE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. MARINE...BOY035 SHOWED A SOUTHEAST WIND AT 7 MPH AND 2 FOOT SEAS. LITTLE MORE WIND AT NIGHT IS EXPECTED WITH LIGHT WINDS DURING THE DAY. SEAS SHOULD REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. EXTENDED...A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND WILL PREVAIL CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SEAS BREEZE FRONT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN LIGHT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. .PREVIOUS NUMBERS... AEX 71/89/70/89/71 23242 BPT 71/89/72/88/73 13141 LCH 72/88/72/88/72 14141 LFT 72/88/72/89/73 15151 .LCH...NONE. 55
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.