Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2001, 4:16 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 54 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 28, 2001, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2001, 5:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Calcasieu Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 28, 4:23 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Charles, LA |
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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 2349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 282116 SVRLCH LAC019-053-282200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 416 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 510 PM CDT * AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SULPHUR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE CHARLES BY 425 PM CDT LEBLEU SETTLEMENT BY 440 PM CDT IOWA BY 450 PM CDT BELL CITY...WOODLAWN BY 455 PM CDT HAYES...LACASSINE BY 500 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 3024 9341 3006 9340 3007 9275 3029 9292
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 28, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 223 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2001 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP...PRIMARILY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. CONVECTION INITIATING IN VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. SURFACE BASED CAPES RUNNING 2500 TO 3500 J/KG IN RAIN-FREE AREAS. UPPER LOW LINGERING OVER MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL KEEP REGION IN VERY UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN. SYSTEM CURRENTLY SPINNING OVER SOUTH MISSOURI PROGGED TO DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH...EVENTUALLY FILLING LATE IN THE WEEKEND LEAVING OPEN WAVE ACROSS CENTRAL CONUS. IN THE SHORT-TERM...EXPECTING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AS AREA REMAINS IN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES. DAMAGING HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT... BUT COULD NOT RULE OUT DOWNBURST WINDS. FOR TONIGHT...MODELS HINTING AT MCS DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS/SOUTH OKLAHOMA...AS 30 TO 35 KT LLJ DEVELOPS. DIFLUENT THICKNESS PATTERN EXTENDING SOUTHEAST FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD SLIDE CONVECTION INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. WILL THEREFORE ADD POPS TO COVER THIS POSSIBILITY. OTHERWISE WILL CONTINUE...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...IN THE ZONE PACKAGE. FOR FRIDAY...WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT SHOULD MINIMIZE HAIL THREAT BUT EXPECTING SIMILAR COVERAGE AS TODAY. IN THE EXTENDED...TROF CONTINUES TO HOLD OVER REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING. .LCH...NONE. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BPT 72/90/72/88/73 35363 LCH 72/88/72/88/73 35363 LFT 71/87/70/88/72 35363 AEX 69/85/69/85/70 35363 MARCOTTE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 10:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1022 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... A LINGERING UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE...AS THE REGION REMAINS UNDER A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SZERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:04 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
404 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0224 PM 5 S DE RIDDER LA WIND DAMAGE
06/28/01 BEAUREGARD LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES DOWN UNDER HIGH WINDS
0224 PM DRY CREEK LA WIND DAMAGE
06/28/01 BEAUREGARD TREES DOWN DUE TO HIGH
WINDS
0330 PM PORT BARRE LA WIND DAMAGE
06/28/01 ST LANDRY TREE ON HOUSE
0340 PM LAFAYETTE LA 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/28/01 LAFAYETTE REPORT AT LOCAL TV STATION
0350 PM WESTLAKE LA .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/01 CALC"ASIEU
FNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.