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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 29, 2002Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 2002, 2:32 AM CST for Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2002, 2:32 AM CST (08:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2002, 3:30 AM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Evangeline Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 29, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2002-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2002-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

163 
WUUS54 KLCH 290832
SVRLCH
LAC039-290930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
230 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 330 AM CST

* AT 228 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF MAMOU...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  REDDELL BY 240 AM CST
  MAMOU...PINE PRAIRIE...TURKEY CREEK BY 245 AM CST
  VILLE PLATTE BY 300 AM CST
  ST. LANDRY BY 305 AM CST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE 
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. REMEMBER TORNADOES CAN 
AND DO FORM WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3090 9257 3053 9258 3059 9226 3091 9226

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 12:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu58 min
Oct 29, 12:25 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu35 min
Oct 29, 12:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu3 hr
Oct 29, 1:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu56 min
Oct 29, 1:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard57 min
Oct 29, 1:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard55 min
Oct 29, 1:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson Davis63 min
Oct 29, 2:16 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHAllen29 min
Oct 29, 2:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia65 min
Oct 29, 2:38 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry37 min
Oct 29, 2:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHCameron3 hr
Oct 29, 3:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette55 min
Oct 29, 3:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHLafayette3 hr
Oct 29, 3:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry55 min
Oct 29, 3:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard3 hr
Oct 29, 3:32 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Oct 29, 3:32 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Oct 29, 3:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Martin58 min
Oct 29, 3:42 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHSaint Martin33 min
Oct 29, 4:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu2 hr
Oct 29, 4:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHVermilion2 hr
Oct 29, 6:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHIberia118 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.