Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2002, 12:09 AM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 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
- Mar 26, 2002, 12:09 AM CST (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2002, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rapides Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 12:30 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Pineville, 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.
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 819 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 260609 SVRLCH LAC079-260715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1208 AM CST TUE MAR 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 115 AM CST * AT 1207 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF GLENMORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... MCNARY BY 1215 AM CST FOREST HILL BY 1225 AM CST WOODWORTH BY 1240 AM CST PINEVILLE BY 115 AM CST LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3101 9273 3094 9256 3135 9216 3141 9235
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 Mar 25, 8:20 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 8:20 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 820 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002 SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL 1 AM FOR PORTIONS OF SE TX AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH LFK WITH TEMPS FALLING INTO THE UPPER 40S...SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY TEMPS ARE IN THE 70S ATTM. MAIN THREAT LOOKS TO BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND WINDS. TALKING WITH HOU THE VIL OF THE DAY LOOKS TO BE AROUND 45. ZONES HAVE BEEN UPDATED. .LCH...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ450-455-470-475 .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AEX 52/63/40/68/43/75 500000 BPT 53/68/45/70/51/75 400000 LCH 54/68/45/70/50/75 400000 LFT 60/68/45/70/49/76 420000 K. KUYPER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 25, 11:57 PM CST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES,LA
1157 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1153 PM MARKSVILLE LA HAIL
03/25/02 AVOYELLES DIME AND NICKEL SIZED HAIL
WITH LIMBS DOWN.
DMLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 56 min |
| Mar 25, 10:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 66 min |
| Mar 25, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 63 min |
| Mar 25, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 52 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.