Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2002, 10:37 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
- Jul 7, 2002, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2002, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 3420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1263 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
953 WUUS54 KLCH 080337 SVRLCH TXC241-351-080430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1037 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1032 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF DEWEYVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BUNA BY 1100 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 3028 9374 3049 9375 3051 9405 3029 9406
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 Jul 7, 1:13 PM CDT, 9 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 1:13 PM CDT, 9 hours 24 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA...UPDATE 113 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002 UPDATED ZONES AGAIN...EXTENDED HEAT ADVISORY INTO SOUTHERN ZONES AS DEWPOINTS HOLD IN THE UPPER 70S WITH TEMPS INTO THE MID 90S. ...1245 PM DISC... UNFORTUNATELY THE TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA HAVING CONTINUED TO SOAR UNDER A LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND. DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 GIVE HEAT INDICES NEAR 115 DEGREES. ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN ZONES AS CONDITIONS WILL NOT ABATE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. WILL UPDATE FORECAST FOR UPPER 90S IN THE NORTHERN ZONES. .LCH...NONE. .UPDATED NUMBERS... AEX 97/73/94/73/94/74 213141 BPT 94/75/92/74/93/76 214141 LCH 94/75/93/75/93/76 214141 LFT 94/74/93/75/92/75 214141 06 PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AT 930 AM: SEE NO SUPRISES THIS AFTERNOON. AREA UNDER NEGATIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION AND CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE ON LCH SOUNDING UP TO 90. K- INDEX OF 24 WOULD ONLY SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. ANOTHER HOT DAY IS ON TAP FOR THE CWA. CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD. WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES. STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS IS IN THE FORECAST. .LCH...NONE. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AEX 96/73/94/73/94/74 213141 BPT 94/75/92/74/93/76 214141 LCH 94/75/93/75/93/76 214141 LFT 94/74/93/75/92/75 214141 06
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
910 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0725 PM BREAUX BRIDGE LA WIND DAMAGE
07/08/02 UPPER ST MARTIN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
REPORTED BY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT.
0735 PM ST MARTINVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
07/07/02 UPPER ST MARTIN TREES DOWN IN THE ST
MARTINVILLE AREA REPORTED
BY LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
TROOP I.
0739 PM LAYAFETTE LA WIND DAMAGE
07/07/02 LAFAYETTE TREE DOWN IN CITY OF
LAFAYETTE. REPORTED BY OFF
DUTY STATE POLICE TROOPER.Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
910 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0725 PM BREAUX BRIDGE LA WIND DAMAGE
07/07/02 UPPER ST MARTIN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
THROUGHOUT THE PARISH
REPORTED BY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT.
0735 PM ST MARTINVILLE LA WIND DAMAGE
07/07/02 UPPER ST MARTIN TREES DOWN IN THE ST
MARTINVILLE AREA REPORTED
BY LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
TROOP I.
0739 PM LAYAFETTE LA WIND DAMAGE
07/07/02 LAFAYETTE TREE DOWN IN CITY OF
LAFAYETTE. REPORTED BY OFF
DUTY STATE POLICE TROOPER.Local storm report, Jul 7, 10:30 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
1030 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM DE RIDDER LA WIND DAMAGE
07/07/02 BEAUREGARD NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG
HIGHWAY 394 AND 171 BETWEEN
BUNDICK LAKE AND DE RIDDER.
REPORTED BY BEAUREGARD
SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 33 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.