Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 2002, 1:57 AM CST for Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 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, 1:57 AM CST (07:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2002, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 29, 1:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825 WUUS54 KLCH 290757 SVRLCH LAC053-290900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 156 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 300 AM CST * AT 156 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FENTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WELSH BY 220 AM CST ROANOKE BY 225 AM CST HATHAWAY BY 235 AM CST JENNINGS BY 240 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO 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 3042 9302 3020 9297 3017 9263 3045 9262
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 Oct 28, 8:40 PM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 8:40 PM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
840 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002
...HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...
STRONG SUPPORT FOR TSTMS TONIGHT AS INDC IN WATER VAPOR AND IR SAT.
BEST SUPPORT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA OVR THE NEXT SVRL
HOURS. CAPES AREA LOOKING A BIT BETTER AND HELICITY IS RUNNING ABOUT
82 (M/S)2... BUT THIS IS EXPECTED TO INCR. SHV SOUNDING HAD HEL ABT
183 (M/S)2. TOR WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SE TX AND PORTIONS
OF SW AND CNTRL LA THIS EVE.
HAVE UPDATED ZONES.
.LCH...
TORNADO WATCH TIL 2 AM...LAZ027>033-041>043-051-052-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
FLOOD WATCH...LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216.
.PRELIM NUMBERS...
TN TUE WED THU TN TU WE TH
AEX 65 77/60 76/55 70/49 8 52 11 00
BPT 70 79/66 80/60 73/52 + 62 11 00
LCH 70 79/65 80/60 73/52 + 62 11 00
LFT 71 78/66 79/62 73/52 8 63 11 00
K. KUYPERHazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 5:17 AM CST, 20 hours 40 minutes before
LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-291200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 517 AM CST MON OCT 28 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CENTRAL... SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. ...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... .TODAY AND TONIGHT... SYNOPSIS... FOR TODAY...A WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THROUGH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. FRESHENING GULF BREEZES WILL UPGLIDE OVER THIS FRONTAL SURFACE. BY THE AFTERNOON...DISTURBANCES ALOFT WILL PASS OVER THE UPGLIDING GULF AIR. FURTHER LIFTING OF THIS GULF AIR WILL CAUSE OVERRUNNING RAINS. ANY RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF IN THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. FOR TONIGHT...THE WARM FRONT WILL EXIT TO THE NORTH. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL SET UP A WARM SECTOR WEDGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THIS WARM SECTOR WEDGE. THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZING IN LINES ARE POSSIBLE. FLOODING... BASIN AVERAGED RAIN WATER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE. SEE FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. RIVER FLOODING... MODERATE FLOODING WILL PERSIST OVER THE RIVER BASINS OF THE LOWER NECHES AND LOWER SABINE...AND OVER THE RIVER BASINS OF THE CALCASIEU AND MERMENTAU. SEE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE NEEDED FOR FLASHY RIVERS SUCH AS BAYOU ANACOCO AND THE VERMILION RIVER IN LAFAYETTE. CONVECTIVE WEATHER... THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZING IN LINES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. ................................................................ .TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... POST FRONTAL SHOWERS WILL BE ENDING TUESDAY MORNING. A CANADIAN HIGH WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE EXITING FRONT. A MORE SEASONABLE AIR MASS WILL PREVAIL. ON SUNDAY...A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA...USHERING IN AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR MASS. OVERNIGHT MINIMUMS IN THE MID 30S WILL BE FELT ACROSS THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. Trares
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 28, 11:04 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1104 PM CST MON OCT 28 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM BATSON TX 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
10/28/02 HARDIN TREES REPORTED DOWN
KGKLocal storm report, Oct 29, 12:03 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1203 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1155 PM VIDOR TX FLOOD
10/29/02 ORANGE MAJOR FLOODING OF STREETS
IN VIDOR. WATER COMING INTO
HOMES ON ST. CHARLES ST. IN
VIDORLocal storm report, Oct 29, 12:16 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
1216 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1130 PM LUMBERTON TX TORNADO
10/28/02 HARDIN *** SEVERAL INJ ***
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED -
TX DPS. BLDG DAMAGED, GAS
LEAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 12:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 58 min |
| Oct 29, 12:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 35 min |
| Oct 29, 12:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 56 min |
| Oct 29, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 57 min |
| Oct 29, 1:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 55 min |
| Oct 29, 2:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 29 min |
| Oct 29, 2:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 65 min |
| Oct 29, 2:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 58 min |
| Oct 29, 2:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 37 min |
| Oct 29, 2:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 55 min |
| Oct 29, 3:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 55 min |
| Oct 29, 3:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Oct 29, 3:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Oct 29, 3:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 58 min |
| Oct 29, 3:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 33 min |
| Oct 29, 4:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 2 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 2 hr |
| Oct 29, 6:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia | 118 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.