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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 27, 2001Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 27, 2001, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2001, 9:00 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 nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

351 
WUUS54 KLCH 280115
SVRLCH
TXC241-457-280200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
815 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 10   
  MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JASPER BY 900 PM CDT

ANOTHER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF 
FRED... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS SOUTH OF MT. 
UNION THROUGH 825 PM AND BE NEAR KIRBYVILLE BY 900 PM.

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 3102 9433 3085 9435 3077 9393 3101 9389

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, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 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

THM

Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 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

THM

Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 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.

THM

Local storm report, Jun 27, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 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                     THM

Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:17 PM CDT, 58 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   BEAUREGARD

Local storm report, Jun 27, 7:53 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
753 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....T

0745 PM    3 S SPURGER               TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/27/01   TYLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	45 min
Jun 28, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Orange	37 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.