Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 102050
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
250 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

LAC045-113-102100-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080110T2045Z/
VERMILION LA-IBERIA LA-
250 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL IBERIA AND SOUTHERN VERMILION
PARISHES EXPIRES AT 245 PM CST...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THESE PARISHES AND ADDITIONAL 
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF STRENGTHENING OCCURS.

LAT...LON 2987 9189 2978 9186 2980 9186 2976 9205
      2967 9208 2964 9196 2967 9186 2958 9184
      2958 9213 2952 9239 2955 9250 2979 9246
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 265DEG 29KT 2967 9235

$$

BRAZZELL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1121 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

.DISCUSSION...SO FAR SO GOOD THIS MORNING. OUR CWA HAS SERVED AS
THE BREEDING GROUND FOR STORMS THAT HAVE LATER GONE ON TO ACQUIRE
SUPERCELLULAR AND/OR TORNADIC CHARACTERISTICS ONCE THEY HAVE
DEPARTED TO THE EAST OR NORTHEAST. INDEED...LOW LEVEL HELICITY
VALUES DEFINITELY TREND HIGHER FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA...WITH NEARLY WEST SFC WINDS OVER EASTERN
TEXAS...AND NEARLY SOUTH SFC WINDS OVER THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN.

HAVE ADJUSTED MOST GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST RADAR/SATELLITE
TRENDS. ALSO ADDED A MENTION OF FOG ALONG THE NEARSHORE WATERS AND
INLAND INTO COASTAL SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS BASED
ON RIVER PILOT REPORTS. FOG WILL BE SWEPT AWAY FROM WEST TO EAST
AS THE PRE-FRONTAL TROF MOVES THROUGH. UPDATED PRODUCTS ALREADY
SENT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 751 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008/

UPDATE...UPDATED GRIDS/ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR RECENTLY ISSUED
TORNADO WATCH 16. CONVECTION DEVELOPING AS EXPECTED...NO OTHER
CHANGES WITH THIS UPDATE.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 400 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008/

DISCUSSION...LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS 1001MB LOW PRESSURE OVER
CNTL OK WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING BACK ACROSS THE TX
PANHANDLE. MEANWHILE A WARM FRONT HAS MOVED BACK NORTH FROM THE GULF
AND IS CURRENTLY BISECTING OUR AREA FROM SW TO NE. VERY MOIST
DEWPOINTS ARE ACCOMPANYING THE WARM FRONT WITH READINGS GENERALLY
IN THE 60S...CERTAINLY BEING AIDED BY 30 KT LLJ PER AREA 88DS. WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A STRONG SHORTWAVE CROSSING THE SRN PLAINS
ATTM. REGIONAL 88DS SHOWING SPOTTY LIGHT RW DEVELOPING FROM NEAR
GALVESTON BAY NWD ACROSS THE PINEY WOODS REGION TO THE MISSISSIPPI
DELTA OF AR/WRN TN. SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION NOTED TO OUR N ACROSS
N-CNTL LA. CLOSER TO HOME MOST STATIONS HAVE SPENT THE NIGHT IN
THE SOUP WITH VISIBILITIES AOB A MILE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. FOG
WAS DENSE IN MANY AREAS EARLIER THIS MORNING BUT VISIBILITIES HAVE
COME UP OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AT ALL BUT MY SERN ZONES. AS
GRADIENT TIGHTENS AND WINDS INCREASE TOWARD SUNRISE EXPECT THESE
AREAS WILL HAVE IMPROVING CONDITIONS AS WELL AND NO ADVISORIES ARE
EXPECTED ATTM.

NOT MUCH TO ADD TO INHERITED GRIDS/ZONES AS PREVIOUS THINKING REMAINS
IN TACT AND DEVELOPING SITUATION IS EVOLVING AS EXPECTED.
SHORTWAVE OVER THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO OPEN UP AND EJECT NEWD.
DEEPENING SFC LOW WILL RACE NE WITH IS PULLING A STRONG COLD FRONT
ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. FRONT SHOULD GET
INTO THE BEAUMONT AREA AROUND 17Z...ALEXANDRIA AND LAKE CHARLES
AROUND 19Z OR SO...ACADIANA BY 23Z...AND EXIT THE EXTREME SERN
ZONES AROUND 03Z. SOME CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING AHEAD
OF THE FRONT OR AT LEAST TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT WHEN IT GETS INTO
THE WRN ZONES. HOWEVER RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION...QUITE
POSSIBLY DEVELOPING INTO A SQUALL LINE...IS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT GETS INTO THE CNTL AND ESPECIALLY THE ERN
ZONES WHERE ADDITIONAL GULF MOISTURE WILL BE TAPPED AND
INSTABILITY IS LIKELY TO BE GREATEST. LOW-LVL WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO BECOME MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY...BUT
SPEEDS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE TO 40-50 KNOTS AT H8. COULD BE
ENOUGH HELICITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT TO SPAWN A FEW TORNADOES...
AGAIN WITH MAIN THREAT ACROSS ACADIANA...BUT MOST LIKELY FORM OF
SEVERE WEATHER TODAY WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SEVERE WORDING
IS IN THE GRIDS/ZONES FOR THE SERN 1/2 OF THE AREA AND WILL
HIGHLIGHT AGAIN IN THE HWO LATER THIS MORNING.

HAVE TAPERED OFF POPS THIS EVENING OVER THE SERN 1/2 OF THE AREA
AS THE FRONT MOVES OUT AND DRY NWRLY FLOW TAKES OVER THROUGH THE
COLUMN. A MUCH QUIETER FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 7-DAY
PERIOD THANKS TO A GENERAL TROFFING OVER THE ERN CONUS. A SERIES
OF SHORTWAVES ARE PROGGED TO ROUND THE BASE OF THE TROF ALTHOUGH
SUFFICIENT MOISTURE REMAINS TO OUR NORTH FOR EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS
AND THUS NO POPS ARE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE
WEEK. BY MID-WEEK A MORE ZONAL FLOW TAKES OVER ALOFT AND A LITTLE
MOISTURE IS PROGGED TO AVAILABLE FOR A FRONTAL PASSAGE ON
WEDNESDAY. HAVE GONE WITH CHANCE POPS FOR THIS SYSTEM.

AVIATION...LIFR TO IFR VISIBILITIES...WITH VLIFR CEILINGS...TO
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE. LOW CEILINGS
AND CONVECTION WILL BE PRIMARY AVIATION PROBLEMS FOR TODAY UNTIL
THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING (SEE ABOVE FOR
RELATIVE TIMING OF FROPA).

MARINE...SCEC HAS BEEN RAISED FOR SOME OF THE WATERS FOR TODAY
BASED ON STRONG SRLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT...OR STRONG OFFSHORE
FLOW IN THE WAKE OF IT. ANYWAY EXPECT STRONG NRLY WINDS FOR ALL
THE WATERS TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT...RELAXING TOMORROW AS HIGH
PRESSURE APPROACHES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  71  45  63  42 /  60  20   0  10
KBPT  70  43  64  43 /  40  10   0  10
KAEX  69  40  62  37 /  60  20   0  10
KLFT  72  46  62  40 /  70  40  10   0

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAZ029-032-033.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
430 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-111030-
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-
430 AM CST THU JAN 10 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 CROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF AND ALONG IT. SHOWERS
AND STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND EAST-
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS THE FRONT TAPS INTO DEEPER GULF MOISTURE IN
THESE AREAS. FORECAST WIND PROFILES ACROSS THE AREA ALONG AND
RIGHT OF A LINE FROM CAMERON TO MARKSVILLE SHOW THE CAPABILITY OF
SOME OF THE STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS LATER THIS MORNING INTO
THE AFTERNOON. A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...
HOWEVER THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. HEAVY RAINS ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 3
INCHES WILL ALSO BE LIKELY ACROSS THESE AREAS INTO THE AFTERNOON.

A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT ONCE IT EXITS THE AREA
THIS EVENING. IN ITS WAKE...COOL BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
LATER TONIGHT.

MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY
AHEAD OF THE FRONT... AND SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF
VENTURING OUT INTO THE GULF. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO
DEVELOP OVER THE WATERS ONCE THE FRONT PASSES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO THE FORECAST ON WEDNESDAY AS
ANOTHER FRONT CROSSES THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1151 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

LAZ042-043-101830-
ACADIA-JEFFERSON DAVIS-
1151 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...STRONG STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER WESTERN ACADIA
PARISH...EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH...

AT 1144 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER JENNINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED
AUTOMOBILE.

JT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1204 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

1200 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JENNINGS                30.22N 92.66W
01/10/2008                   JEFFERSON DAVIS    LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF REPORTS ROOF BLOWN OFF OF TRAILER NEAR AIRPORT.

&&

MOGGED

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1240 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

1220 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 19 SSE CONSTANCE BEACH  29.50N 93.51W
01/10/2008  M40 MPH          GMZ450             LA   PUBLIC

            MEASURED BY PLATFORM WEST CAMERON 130.

&&

RC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
117 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

1226 PM     TSTM WND GST     IOTA                    30.33N 92.49W
01/10/2008  E60 MPH          ACADIA             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ESTIMATED WIND GUST TO 60MPH BY IOTA POLICE.

&&

RC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
125 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

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

0113 PM     FLOOD            1 N CROWLEY             30.23N 92.38W
01/10/2008                   ACADIA             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER COVERING HWY 90.

&&

RERICKSO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
142 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

LAZ044-045-102030-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
142 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...STRONG STORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH...NORTHWESTERN
ST. MARTIN PARISH...

AT 141 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER CARENCRO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE LAFYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE AND HENDERSON
AREAS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 50 MPH AND
HEAVY RAINS. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR
SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED.

BRAZZELL