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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 3, 2007Iberia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2007, 4:13 PM CDT for Iberia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 62 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: Jun 3, 2007, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2007, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Iberia 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 1497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KLCH 032115
SVRLCH
LAC045-032215-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0067.070603T2113Z-070603T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
413 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
   THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...JEANERETTE...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 408 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AND TRAINED WEATHER
  SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES
  NORTH OF NEW IBERIA TO BROUSSARD TO FORKED ISLAND...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW IBERIA BY 425 PM CDT...
  AVERY ISLAND BY 435 PM CDT...
  LYDIA BY 440 PM CDT...
  JEANERETTE BY 445 PM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
ACADIA AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3003 9157 3006 9147 3004 9122 2998 9128
      2996 9161 2974 9186 2977 9188 2982 9184
      2984 9195 3005 9195 3005 9182 3013 9172

$$

SHAMBURGER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 032212
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
512 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

LAC045-032222-
/O.EXP.KLCH.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-070603T2215Z/
IBERIA LA-
512 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR IBERIA PARISH EXPIRES AT 515 
PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED SOUTHEASTWARD 
OUT OF THE AFFECTED PARISH.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER-RELATED DAMAGE TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3003 9157 3006 9147 3004 9122 2998 9128
      2996 9161 2974 9186 2977 9188 2982 9184
      2984 9195 3005 9195 3005 9182 3013 9172

$$

SHAMBURGER

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 Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
325 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

.SHORT/LONG TERM...
MCS MOVING THROUGH LCH AT THIS TIME WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 37
KNOTS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AROUND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS LINE IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHEAST
AROUND 40 MPH. AND LOOKS TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BY THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS.

AREAS OF FOG TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ENDING AFTER SUNRISE. A BROAD
UPPER LEVEL TROF EXTENDS FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER SOUTH INTO THE
GULF STATES. THIS TROF WILL ALLOW SHORTWAVES TO MOVE DOWN INTO OUR
REGION TOMORROW.

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS WILL EXTEND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE REGION
EXPECTED TO BEGIN DRYING OUT LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  73  87  71  88 /  40  40  10  20
KBPT  73  87  71  88 /  30  40  10  20
KAEX  72  89  71  89 /  30  40  10  20
KLFT  71  87  71  89 /  40  40  10  30

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...
     CALCASIEU...CAMERON...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON
     DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST.
     LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...AND
     VERNON.

TX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON...ORANGE...AND TYLER.

GM...NONE.
&&

K. KUYPER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:31 AM CDT, 10 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
531 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-041045-
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-
531 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS BRIEFLY REACHING SEVERE LEVELS
THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS IS DUE TO INCREASING MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IN A NORTHWESTERLY
FLOW.

THERE WILL BE A POSSIBLITY THAT SOME STORMS COULD CONTAIN
LARGE HAIL. THERE IS ALSO AN OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS OVER THE LAKES AREA OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND JUST ACROSS THE SABINE RIVER INTO CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

BEYOND TUESDAY...RAIN CHANCES DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD
INCREASE TO ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS AS RIDGING BUILDS IN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

JS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
238 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2007

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

0208 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DERIDDER                30.85N 93.29W
06/03/2007                   BEAUREGARD         LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWN IN DERIDDER.

0201 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MERRYVILLE              30.75N 93.53W
06/03/2007                   BEAUREGARD         LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWNED.

&&

BARRY

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
310 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2007

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

0219 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DEQUINCY                30.45N 93.44W
06/03/2007                   CALCASIEU          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWN.

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALEXANDRIA              31.29N 92.46W
06/03/2007                   RAPIDES            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITHIN ALEXANDRIA AND
            CONTINUING UP THROUGH BOYCE.

&&

BARRY

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:38 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
338 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2007

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

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E OBERLIN             30.62N 92.71W
06/03/2007                   ALLEN              LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TREES DOWN NEAR OBERLIN ONE OF WHICH DOWNED A POWER
            LINE THAT CAUGHT FIRE.

0253 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KINDER                  30.49N 92.85W
06/03/2007                   ALLEN              LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN.

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOSS BLUFF              30.30N 93.20W
06/03/2007                   CALCASIEU          LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF DAMAGE AT CVS DRUG STORE ON SAM HOUSTON JONES
            PARKWAY IN MOSS BLUFF.

&&

BARRY

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
339 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2007

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

0325 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSE EFFIE             31.16N 92.13W
06/03/2007                   AVOYELLES          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF REPORTS TREE DOWN ON A POWER
            LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 1 IN WESTERN PART OF THE PARISH.

&&

SHAMBURGER

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:41 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
341 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2007

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

1000 AM     WATER SPOUT      19 SW CAMERON           29.60N 93.52W
06/03/2007                   GMZ450             LA   PUBLIC

            WATERSPOUT OBSERVED FOR 15 TO 20 MINUTES FROM OIL RIG IN
            WEST CAMERON BLOCK 112.

1000 AM     WATER SPOUT      17 SSE CAMERON          29.57N 93.19W
06/03/2007                   GMZ452             LA   PUBLIC

            2 WATERSPOUTS OBSERVED AT SAME TIME FROM OIL RIG IN WEST
            CAMERON BLOCK 101

1259 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 NW JASPER             31.01N 94.10W
06/03/2007                   JASPER             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TREES DOWNED IN VICINITY OF HWY 255.

0111 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S WOODVILLE           30.76N 94.42W
06/03/2007                   TYLER              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWNED BY A TREE.

0121 PM     TSTM WND DMG     11 N JASPER             31.08N 94.00W
06/03/2007                   JASPER             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWNED POWER LINES ON HWY 1007.

0125 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BURKEVILLE              31.00N 93.67W
06/03/2007                   NEWTON             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWNED.

0135 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEESVILLE               31.14N 93.27W
06/03/2007                   VERNON             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE PARISH.

0201 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MERRYVILLE              30.75N 93.53W
06/03/2007                   BEAUREGARD         LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWNED.

0208 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DERIDDER                30.85N 93.29W
06/03/2007                   BEAUREGARD         LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWN IN DERIDDER.

0219 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DEQUINCY                30.45N 93.44W
06/03/2007                   CALCASIEU          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWN.

0253 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KINDER                  30.49N 92.85W
06/03/2007                   ALLEN              LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN.

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALEXANDRIA              31.29N 92.46W
06/03/2007                   RAPIDES            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITHIN ALEXANDRIA AND
            CONTINUING UP THROUGH BOYCE.

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E OBERLIN             30.62N 92.71W
06/03/2007                   ALLEN              LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TREES DOWN NEAR OBERLIN ONE OF WHICH DOWNED A POWER
            LINE THAT CAUGHT FIRE.

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOSS BLUFF              30.30N 93.20W
06/03/2007                   CALCASIEU          LA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF DAMAGE AT CVS DRUG STORE ON SAM HOUSTON JONES
            PARKWAY IN MOSS BLUFF.

0325 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSE EFFIE             31.16N 92.13W
06/03/2007                   AVOYELLES          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF REPORTS TREE DOWN ON A POWER
            LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 1 IN WESTERN PART OF THE PARISH.

0330 PM     HAIL             CROWLEY                 30.21N 92.38W
06/03/2007  E0.75 INCH       ACADIA             LA   PUBLIC

&&

BARRY

Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:09 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
409 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2007

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

0406 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SCOTT                   30.24N 92.09W
06/03/2007                   LAFAYETTE          LA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS WITH TREE LIMBS FLYING
            AROUND. ALSO REPORTED PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

13

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 9:50 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		55 min
Jun 3, 10:45 AM CDT	Marine Weather Statement	LCH		75 min
Jun 3, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	64 min
Jun 3, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	67 min
Jun 3, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides	45 min
Jun 3, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Jefferson Davis	53 min
Jun 3, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Rapides	65 min
Jun 3, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	63 min
Jun 3, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Saint Landry	56 min
Jun 3, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	57 min
Jun 3, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	52 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.