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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 12:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 35 min |
| Mar 22, 2:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.