Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2002, 11:42 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2002, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2002, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hardin County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:49 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Village Mills, TX |
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.
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
929 WUUS54 KLCH 080442 SVRLCH TXC199-080515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1140 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 1137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM VILLAGE MILLS TO KOUNTZE... MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HONEY ISLAND BY 1145 PM CDT SARATOGA BY 1155 PM CDT THICKET BY 1205 AM CDT THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES. DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED - TAKE COVER NOW VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3025 9430 3052 9428 3048 9473 3020 9460
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, 10 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 1:13 PM CDT, 10 hours 29 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, 2 hours 32 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, 1 hour 12 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.Local storm report, Jul 7, 11:10 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
1110 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1044 PM NEWTON TX WIND DAMAGE
07/08/02 NEWTON NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN FROM
DEWEYVILLE TO JASPER
AS REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.Local storm report, Jul 7, 11:10 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
1110 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1044 PM NEWTON TX WIND DAMAGE
07/07/02 NEWTON NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN FROM
DEWEYVILLE TO JASPER
AS REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT.Local storm report, Jul 7, 11:33 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
1133 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 PM KIRBYVILLE TX TSTORM WIND
07/08/02 JASPER NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
MMLocal storm report, Jul 7, 11:33 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
1133 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 PM KIRBYVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
07/07/02 JASPER TSTORM WIND
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
MMThe 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, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 36 min |
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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.