Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 11:28 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 92 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
- Jun 2, 2004, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2004, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Rapides 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2857 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414
WUUS54 KLCH 030428
SVRLCH
LAC009-079-030600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1128 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE BY 1130 PM CDT
LECOMPTE BY 1155 PM CDT
CHENEYVILLE BY 1220 AM 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 3136 9248 3125 9264 3103 9245 3097 9216
3109 9194
$$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 Jun 2, 10:39 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:39 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1039 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER ZONE UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED TO SINCE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHED IS BEING ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 5 AM. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... UNDER HIGH PRESSURE TODAY HEAT INDICES SOARED ABOVE THE CENTURY MARK. WELL SUMMER IS HERE ANOTHER SIGN IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON STORMS ALONG THE C-BRZ. TONIGHT LOOKS TO SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BUILD DOWN INTO THE THICKNESS...CURRENTLY MCS IS OVER OKLAHOMA DIVING TO THE SOUTH. THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL SEE MUCH OF THE SAME TYPE OF WEATHER WITH HOT DAYS AND HEAT INDICES SOARING TO AROUND THE CENTURY MARK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... LCH 74 90 73 88 / 50 40 20 40 BPT 74 90 74 89 / 50 40 20 40 AEX 70 90 70 89 / 50 40 40 40 LFT 73 89 73 88 / 40 40 20 40 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. && 20
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 6:00 AM CDT, 17 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 600 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 031100- ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON- CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM- CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-EVANGELINE-HARDIN-IBERIA- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE- LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-LOWER ST MARTIN- NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER-UPPER ST MARTIN- VERMILION-VERNON- 600 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED LONG-LIVED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN. A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. THE CONVECTIVE WEATHER WILL END DURING THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THERE WILL BE A DAILY CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO FRIDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE REQUESTED FOR TODAY. 21
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 848 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-030400- ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE- HARDIN-IBERIA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE- LOWER ST MARTIN-NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER- UPPER ST MARTIN-VERMILION-VERNON- 848 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH 2 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 388 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AVOYELLES... RAPIDES...AND VERNON PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND FOR JASPER... NEWTON AND TYLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 855 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING...WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST 50 MPH ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS. STRONG STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS OR CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY 11 PM THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, COMMERCIAL TELEVISION, OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS...WATCHES OR WARNINGS. 20
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 70 min |
| Jun 2, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Jun 3, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Jun 3, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.