Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2001, 11:33 AM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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
- Feb 16, 2001, 11:33 AM CST (17:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2001, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Avoyelles Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KLCH 161733
SVRLCH
LAC009-161800-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1133 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
* UNTIL NOON CST
* AT 1128 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARKSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BORDELONVILLE BY 1140 AM CST
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3127 9218 3104 9210 3105 9178 3120 9172
3127 9189What 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 Feb 16, 10:07 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 10:07 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1007 AM CST FRI FEB 16 200
WILL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY FOR TORNADO WATCH 22 WHICH INCLUDES MOST
PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SQUALL
LINE INTENSIFYING ALONG COLD FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS REGION.
.LCH...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 PM...LAZ028>029-031>033-041>045-051>055
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...GMZ450-455-470-475.
PRELIM NUMBERS...
AEX 73/38/50/32 9200
BPT 72/40/53/36 8200
LCH 73/40/54/35 8200
LFT 77/42/55/34 8300
23...MARCOTTEIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 10:18 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 161930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1018 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 ...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY... ...MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS FOR LATER TODAY INTO THE WEEKEND... A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN LOUISIANA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS FRONT...COOLER AIR HAS BEGUN TO SETTLE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED AS THIS COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE WARM MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF WEST TEXAS. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO INCREASE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DRAGGING THESE STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE. THESE WINDS...KNOWN AS A DOWNBURST... COULD BE IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. AT THESE SPEEDS...TREES AND POWERLINES COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN. SOME DAMAGE TO TRAILERS IS POSSIBLE. ALSO WINDOWS MAY BE DAMAGED BY DEBRIS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...MAINLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MERGE ALONG THE SQUALL LINE. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS AND COULD POSE A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF MARINERS... ESPECIALLY SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN MUCH $COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH A DROP OF ABOUT 15 TO 20 DEGREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 10:23 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 161930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1023 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM... ...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS POSSIBLE TODAY... ...MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS FOR LATER TODAY INTO THE WEEKEND... A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN LOUISIANA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS FRONT...COOLER AIR HAS BEGUN TO SETTLE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED AS THIS COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE WARM MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OUT OF WEST TEXAS. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO INCREASE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DRAGGING THESE STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE. THESE WINDS...KNOWN AS A DOWNBURST... COULD BE IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. AT THESE SPEEDS...TREES AND POWERLINES COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN. SOME DAMAGE TO TRAILERS IS POSSIBLE. ALSO WINDOWS MAY BE DAMAGED BY DEBRIS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...MAINLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MERGE ALONG THE SQUALL LINE. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS AND COULD POSE A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF MARINERS... ESPECIALLY SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES%...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH A DROP OF ABOUT 15 TO 20 DEGREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 9:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 67 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.