Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 27, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Spurger, TX |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 3199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
514 WUUS54 KLCH 280030 SVRLCH TXC241-457-280115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 730 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRED...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... FRED BY 735 PM CDT SPURGER BY 750 PM CDT TOWN BLUFF BY 800 PM CDT MT. UNION...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS BY 815 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 3069 9439 3053 9430 3065 9391 3088 9403
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 27, 2:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 215 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MO IS SLOWLY RETROGRADING SOUTHWEST 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 1.74 AND A CAPE OF 2362. THIS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW AND FRIDAY CAUSING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT. THE WINDS SHOULD INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH AMPLE AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. MARINE...BOY035 SHOWED A SOUTH 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. .PREVIOUdS NUMBERS... AEX 71/89/70/89/71 24242 BPT 71/89/72/88/73 14141 LCH 72/88/72/88/72 15151 LFT 72/88/72/89/73 15151 .LCH...NONE. 55
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
550 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM 3 N SULPHUR LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU
0515 PM 4 W SULPHUR LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU
0530 PM CARLYSS LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU 0543 PM SULPHUR LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU 0545 PM CARLYSS LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU
THMLocal storm report, Jun 27, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
605 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM 3 N SULPHUR LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU
0515 PM 4 W SULPHUR LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU
0530 PM CARLYSS LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU 0543 PM SULPHUR LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU 0545 PM CARLYSS LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU !
0553 PM BURR FERRY LA .88 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 VERNON
THMLocal storm report, Jun 27, 6:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
606 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0505 PM 3 N SULPHUR LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU
0515 PM 4 W SULPHUR LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU
0530 PM CARLYSS LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU
0543 PM SULPHUR LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU
0545 PM CARLYSS LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU
0553 PM BURR FERRY LA .88 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 VERNON
THMLocal storm report, Jun 27, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
627 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 PM CARLYSS LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH
CURRENT STORM.
THMLocal storm report, Jun 27, 6:31 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
631 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 PM CARLYSS LA 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH
CURRENT STORM.
0620 PM CARLYSS LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 CALCASIEU THMLocal storm report, Jun 27, 7:17 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
717 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 PM MERRYVILLE LA .88 INCH HAIL
06/27/01 BEAUREGARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 37 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.