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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 4, 2005Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 4, 2005, 2:01 PM CST for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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: Dec 4, 2005, 2:01 PM CST (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Dec 4, 2005, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Newton County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
Dec 4, 11:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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: 689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLCH 042001
SVRLCH
TXC351-042100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0121.051204T2001Z-051204T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
201 PM CST SUN DEC 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 201 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DEWEYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   DEWEYVILLE BY 210 PM CST

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 3033 9390 3024 9390 3024 9371 3030 9371
      3031 9374 3033 9375

$$

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 Dec 4, 11:30 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 11:30 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1130 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2005

.DISCUSSION....
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH SE TX AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT IS TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT
IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. STORMS TODAY WILL RACE RAPIDLY TO THE
NORTHEAST. A FEW STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS
AND HAIL. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID 70S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE
UPPER 60S...IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. LITTLE SUPPORT IS NOTED IN THE
MIDDLE PORTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THIS SHOULD HELP TO HINDER
STORM DEVELOPMENT A BIT.

HAVE RAISED POPS AND INCREASED TEMPERATURES AND ZONES ARE UPDATED.

&&

.AVIATION...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BLAST THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY BOUNDARY WITH RAIN CHANCES
CONTINUING OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT. WILL SEE PRIMARILY MVFR/IFR
TODAY FROM LOW CEILINGS...AND OCCASIONAL IFR ASSOCIATED WITH
CONVECTION.

&&

.MARINE...OUR PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF WILL
BE COMING TO AN END OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT ADVANCES
ACROSS THE GULF WATERS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
FRONT...FOLLOWED BY STRONG AND COOL NORTHERLY WINDS.

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  73  44  57  34 /  60  60  20  00
KBPT  73  42  56  34 /  40  40  10  00
KAEX  71  38  52  29 /  60  60  10  00
KLFT  75  46  55  33 /  60  60  20  00

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

K. KUYPER

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 3:31 AM CST, 10 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
331 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2005

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-050930-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
331 AM CST SUN DEC 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GM...CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG COLD FRONT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. A FEW STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 4, 1:07 PM CST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
107 PM CST SUN DEC 04 2005

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

0105 PM     HAIL             LUMBERTON               30.26N 94.20W
12/04/2005  1.75 INCH        HARDIN             TX   PUBLIC

            MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

&&

MOGGED

Local storm report, Dec 4, 1:40 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
140 PM CST SUN DEC 04 2005

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

0139 PM     HAIL             VIDOR                   30.13N 94.00W
12/04/2005  0.75 INCH        ORANGE             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

&&

MOGGED

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 4, 12:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin	21 min
Dec 4, 1:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Orange	54 min
Dec 4, 1:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson	56 min
Dec 4, 2:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Orange	57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.