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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 2005, 3:12 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2005, 3:12 AM CST (09:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2005, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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
- 311 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 Jan 13, 3:11 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 3:11 AM CST, 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 1:30 PM CST, 13 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 130 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 131200- 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- 130 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COLD SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST TO CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SABINE LAKE BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STORMS IN THE LINE COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE LOUISIANA PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THURSDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE QUIET WEATHER LATER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY TO CALL UPON STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS TONIGHT. 20
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 11:25 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
130530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1125 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS... VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7...WHICH INCLUDES NORTHERN LOUISIANA... INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THESE PARISHES WERE NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AND THIS PRODUCT IS BEING ISSUED TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE WATCH. REPEATING...VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE NOT IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND A WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT FOR THESE AREAS. LGE
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 11:25 PM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before
LAZ027-028-131000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1125 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS... VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7...WHICH INCLUDES NORTHERN LOUISIANA... INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THESE PARISHES WERE NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AND THIS PRODUCT IS BEING ISSUED TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE WATCH. REPEATING...VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE NOT IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND A WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT FOR THESE AREAS. LGE
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 11:40 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1140 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 LAZ027-028-131000- RAPIDES-VERNON- 1140 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS...VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #7...WHICH INCLUDES NORTHERN LOUISIANA... INADVERTENTLY INCLUDED VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THESE PARISHES WERE NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AND THIS PRODUCT IS BEING ISSUED TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE WATCH. REPEATING...VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE NOT IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND A WATCH MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT FOR THESE AREAS. LGE
Local storm report, Jan 13, 3:01 AM CST, 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 1:23 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 67 min | |
| Jan 13, 2:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 59 min |
| Jan 13, 2:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Jan 13, 2:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 63 min |
| Jan 13, 3:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| Jan 13, 4:28 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Jan 13, 5:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 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.