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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 3, 2004Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2004, 12:12 AM CDT for Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 33 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 3, 2004, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2004, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Evangeline 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, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

793 
WUUS54 KLCH 030512
SVRLCH
LAC039-030545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1211 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TURKEY
  CREEK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TURKEY CREEK BY 1220 AM CDT
  ST LANDRY BY 1240 AM CDT

DESTRUCTIVE WINDS 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 3100 9238 3089 9250 3088 9259 3070 9217
          3097 9227

$$

LGE

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, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 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.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 6:00 AM CDT, 18 hours 12 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.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 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.

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:34 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1134 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1105 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEESVILLE               31.14N 93.27W
06/02/2004                   VERNON             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF TREES DOWN WEST OF LEESVILLE.

1110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BURKEVILLE              31.00N 93.67W
06/02/2004                   NEWTON             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 63 BETWEEN BURKEVILLE
            AND THE VERNON PARISH LINE.

1115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 E JASPER              30.92N 93.86W
06/02/2004                   NEWTON             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 190 NEAR THE NEWTON
            COUNTY LINE.

&&

AET/LGE

Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:35 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1135 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLMESNEIL              30.91N 94.42W
06/02/2004                   TYLER              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF TREES DOWN.

&&

LGE

Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:41 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1141 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALEXANDRIA              31.29N 92.46W
06/02/2004                   RAPIDES            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF TREES DOWN JUST NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA ON HOT
            WELLS ROAD.

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALEXANDRIA              31.29N 92.46W
06/02/2004                   RAPIDES            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ON STEPHENS RD NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA.

&&

LGE

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 2, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	92 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

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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.