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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2008, 8:24 PM CDT for Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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
- Apr 4, 2008, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 8:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Saint Landry Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 1152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
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 Apr 4, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 5:59 AM CDT, 14 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 559 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-051100- 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- 559 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 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 A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE MAIN RISK FROM THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ALSO...THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MAINLY FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME SPOTTERS MAY BE ACTIVATED LATER TODAY IF ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER CAN FORM. RUA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 4, 3:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 56 min | |
| Apr 4, 9:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 7 days |
| Apr 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Apr 4, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 63 min | |
| Apr 5, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 2:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 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.