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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 22, 2005Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2005, 2:20 AM CST for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
Mar 22, 2005, 2:20 AM CST (08:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 2:45 AM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 22, 12:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2005-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1017 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2005-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1017 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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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 22, 12:58 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 12:58 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
100 AM CST MON MAR 2W 2005

.UPDATE...TORNADO WATCH 57 HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A NEW
TORNADO WATCH...60...IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM. THIS INCLUDES THE
TEXAS COUNTIES OF TYLER...JASPER...NEWTON...HARDIN...ORANGE AND
JEFFERSON. UPDATED ZONES WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...

&&

.DISCUSSION...

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...TORNADO WATCH 60 UNTIL 12Z TXZ180>182-201-215-216.

&&

MARCOTTE
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 6:00 AM CST, 20 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
600 AM CST MON MAR 21 2005

GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
221200-
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
A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...BECOMING MORE
NUMEROUS TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS, HAM RADIO OPERATORS, AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY
BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 1:08 AM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
108 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>054-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-220957-
ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-EVANGELINE-
HARDIN-IBERIA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-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

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 60 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE
WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM CST. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THE
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

TYLER...JASPER...NEWTON...HARDIN...ORANGE AND JEFFERSON.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT YET ENTERED THE AREA. A LINE OF STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED AT 1 AM FROM NEAR NACOGDOCHES IN
NORTHEAST TEXAS TO WEST OF HUNTSVILLE TO BELLVILLE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE
NORTHWEST PART OF TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY 230 AM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 4:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon35 min
Mar 22, 2:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Tyler45 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.