Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT for Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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 29, 2001, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2001, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Saint Landry Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Leonville, LA | |
| Jun 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Leonville, 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 125 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
- 1679 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 292115 SVRLCH LAC097-292215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 415 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LEONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... PORT BARRE BY 420 PM CDT PALMETTO BY 450 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 3047 9209 3042 9205 3049 9176 3075 9192
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 29, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001 CURRENTLY...STRONGEST SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LOCATED OVER THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA ALONG AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOK LIKELY THIS WEEKEND. MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN PLACE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE. MEANWHILE...MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DRIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO EAST TEXAS. WITH AFTERNOON CAPE VALUES RUNNING OVER 3500 J/KG EACH DAY AND MID LEVEL COOLING AS LOW DRIFTS INTO THE FORECAST AREA...THE POSSIBILITY FOR PULSE SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE. ALSO...WITH THE HIGH PWAT VALUES...THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST. EXTENDED... WET TROPICAL PATTERN CONTI,NUES INTO EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. .LCH...NONE. .PRELIM NUMBERS... BPT 72/87/72/87/73 26362 LCH 71/87/71/87/73 26362 LFT 71/87/71/87/73 26362 AEX 69/87/70/86/71 36462 7-RUA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 29, 1:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
103 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1130 AM HACKBERRY LA WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01 CAMERON PUBLIC RPT LIGHT POLE
BLOWN DOWN AT PARKLocal storm report, Jun 29, 2:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
233 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
150 PM 2 S WOODVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01 TYLER TREES DOWNED ON POWER LINES
215 PM MAURICEVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
06/29/01 ORANGE SMALL TREES BLOWN DOWN
R. ERICKSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 5:34 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.