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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2005, 5:51 PM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 54 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
- Mar 19, 2005, 5:51 PM CST (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2005, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Allen 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 nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 192352 SVRLCH LAC003-200045- /O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0012.050319T2351Z-050320T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 551 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 645 PM CST * AT 543 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GRANT BY 605 PM CST ELIZABETH BY 620 PM CST OAKDALE BY 630 PM CST THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3086 9296 3067 9297 3074 9260 3089 9259 $$ ERICKSON
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 19, 2:03 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 2:03 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 203 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS INDICATED THIS AFTERNOON ON THE SURFACE OBSERVATION PLOT FROM NEAR SHREVEPORT TO WACO... TO NEAR JUNCTION TEXAS. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OUT JUST NORTH OF OUR IMMEDIATE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA ON SUNDAY. AS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE ZOOMING TO THE MID 70S MOST EVERYWHERE. COULD SEE A COUPLE OF MORE DEGREES IN WARMUP BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN. SURFACE HEATING AND WEAK WIND CONVERGENCE HAS RESULTED IN A STRONG STORM DEVELOPING OVER AVOYELLES PARISH AROUND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL TO MARBLE SIZE WAS FALLING WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED EAST. SATELLITE SHOWS CLOUD COVER BREAKING UP QUITE NICELY FROM THIS MORNING ACCOUNTING FOR THE ADDITIONAL WARMER THAN NORMAL AFTERNOON. NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS IN THE LOWER 70S. .DISCUSSION...STORMS WERE BREAKING OUT OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS EAST OF THE PECOS WHICH DENOTED WHERE A STRONG VORT MAXIMUM WAS MOVING OUT OF MEXICO. THIS UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST TOWARDS THE BEAUMONT AREA BY 09Z SUNDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BREAK OUT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. POPS WILL BE HIGHEST TOWARDS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RUMBLE INTO THE AFETERNOON. THE WEAK COOL FRONT THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE SYNOPSIS ABOVE WILL LIKELY PLAY A ROLE IN ORGANIZING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND POSSIBLY A FEW HAIL STORMS DUE TO COOLER AIR ALOFT DURING THE MORNING HOURS. AT THIS TIME...ONLY ISOLATED SEVERE IS POSSIBLE. THE FRONT WILL WASH OUT ON MONDAY AS THE NEXT SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A DRYLINE OR WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE REST OF LOUISIANA BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. A SQUALL LINE MAY DEVELOP WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT AT THIS TIME THE BEST DYNAMICS STAYS WELL NORTH OF THE AREA. EXPECT RAIN BUT HOPEFULLY KEEP THE SEVERE WEATHER OUT TO THE NORTH. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILING THROUGH FRIDAY. UPPER LEVEL WINDS DURING THIS TIME WILL BE ZONAL WHICH GENERALLY IS A NEUTRAL PATTERN FOR RAINFALL. HAVE KEPT POPS LOW TO NIL DURING THIS PERIOD. ANOTHER SYSTEM BRUSHES THE AREA NEXT SATURDAY TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NEXT WEEKEND APPEARS INTERESTING AD WELL SINCE WE WILL BE INTO THE SPRING SEASON AND EARLY SPRING SEVERE EVENTS SOMETIMES USHERS IN THE NEW SEASON. && .AVIATION...IFR CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO MVFR CONDITIONS TOWARD MORNING AS THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP OUT WEST AND MOVE INTO THE REGION. EXPECT MFVR CONDITIONS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY 09Z AND THE REST OF LOUISIANA BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. STRONG ISOLATED STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD WITH HAIL POSSIBLE. && .MARINE...SEAS AND WINDS HAVE BEEN STEADY THIS AFTERNOON WITH 10 KNOTS WINDS AND GUSTY AND SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. DONT EXPECT ANY MAJOR CHANGES TONIGHT. A SLIGHT DECREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE THE NORM THROUGH TUESDAY AS WEAK WINDS PREVAIL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 58 71 58 77 / 70 80 0 20 KBPT 59 72 57 76 / 70 80 0 20 KAEX 56 69 55 77 / 70 80 0 20 KLFT 59 73 56 76 / 70 80 0 20 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. && 06
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 6:00 AM CST, 11 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 600 AM CST SAT MAR 19 2005 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 201200- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE... NEWTON...KOUNTZE...JASPER...BEAUMONT...OBERLIN...ABBEVILLE... VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...MARKSVILLE... LEESVILLE...LAKE CHARLES...LAFAYETTE...JENNINGS...DERIDDER... CROWLEY...CAMERON AND ALEXANDRIA THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CLOUDY SKIES TODAY WITH SHOWERS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST SUNDAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS THE AREA....BUT THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. THERE MAYBE SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS... IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. K. KUYPER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 19, 5:36 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
536 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0532 PM HAIL 3 N LONGVILLE 30.65N 93.23W
03/19/2005 1.75 INCH BEAUREGARD LA PUBLIC
&&
ERICKSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 66 min |
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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.