Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2002, 8:11 PM CST for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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 30, 2002, 8:11 PM CST (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2002, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:25 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Batson, 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.
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 30, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 2027 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
173 WUUS54 KLCH 310211 SVRLCH TXC199-310315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 810 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 915 PM CST * AT 802 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARATOGA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... BATSON BY 820 PM CST SARATOGA BY 830 PM CST SOUR LAKE BY 835 PM CST KOUNTZE BY 850 PM CST LUMBERTON BY 855 PM CST SILSBEE BY 900 PM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3015 9487 2999 9478 3025 9412 3049 9412
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 12:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 32 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.