Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lake Charles, LA

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 272347
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
647 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

LAC011-019-TXC351-280015-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090328T0015Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-NEWTON TX-
647 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...AND NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU AND WESTERN
BEAUREGARD PARISHES...

AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE 
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BON WEIR TO 
FIELDS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE 
DEQUINCY...SINGER...MERRYVILLE...AND FIELDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3087 9345 3042 9329 3035 9388 3077 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 254DEG 28KT 3073 9367 3048 9380

$$

ERICKSON/KUYPER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
511 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

.MARINE...WILL ALSO BE UPDATING THE COASTAL FORECAST TO REFLECT
LATEST CHANGE OF A TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 81 INTO THE NEAR SHORE
WATERS WEST OF CAMERON AND INCLUDING SABINE LAKE AS WELL AS TO
INCLUDE CALCAIEU LAKE.

SWEENEY

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 456 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009/

UPDATE...SPC COORDINATED A NEW TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 81 UNTIL 8 PM WHICH
WILL COVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA, THE NEAR SHORE ZONE AND THE SABINE LAKE ZONE. THIS
WATCH REPLACES A PORTION OF SEVERE TSTM WATCH NUMBER 77. TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 79 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. UPDATED ZONES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

SWEENEY

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 355 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009/

DISCUSSION...
STATIONARY FRONT DANGLING JUST SOUTH OF KLFK...JUST NORTH OF KPOE
AND KAEX...WITH SVR SUPERCELL TSTM RIDING THE BOUNDARY OVER W LA
NEAR KPOE. THE NEXT SUPERCELL NOW TAKING SHAPE JUST NORTH OF
KHOU...EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SE TX WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS. SVR TSTM WATCH #77 CONTINUES FOR SE TX...WITH TOR WATCH #79
FOR S AND C LA NORTH OF I-10.

EXPECT TSRA COVERAGE TO INCREASE OVER LA THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE
OF THE COLD FRONT...THUS THE HIGHER POPS HERE. THE FRONT WILL BE
ENTERING SE TX SOMETIME AFTER SUNSET AND RACING EASTWARD ACROSS W
LA SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND CLEAR EAST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER BY SUNRISE SAT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL INFILTRATE THE REGION
BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH TEMPS RUNNING 10-15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
FOR SAT AFTERNOON AND SUN MORNING. WITH WINDS CALMING DOWN SAT
NIGHT AND SUN AS THE HIGH SETTLES OVER THE REGION...TEMPS COULD
REACH THE MID/UPPER 30S NORTH OF US 190.

COLD SNAP WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST BY SUN EVENING
AND MON...WITH A SOLID RETURN FLOW ESTABLISHED BY MON. THE NEXT
SYSTEM IN OUR AGGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO
INFLUENCE OUR REGION BY TUE WITH THE CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA RETURNING.
WHILE THE GFS IS VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH AN EXTREMELY DEEP SFC LOW
(989MB) OVER E OK BY NEXT THU...THE ECMWF IS MUCH LESS AGGRESSIVE.
FOR THE FORECAST...KEPT THE CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA TUE-THU TIME FRAME.

DML

MARINE...
STRONG POST FRONTAL WINDS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE
WESTERN ZONES...WITH THE FRONT EXPECTED TO CLEAR THE EASTERN ZONES
BY SUNRISE SAT. SCA WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SAT THROUGH 10 AM
SUN FOR THIS STRONG POST FRONTAL FLOW. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE
BY SUN AFTERNOON AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH MOVES CLOSER AND
OVERHEAD SUN EVENING INTO MON MORNING.

DML

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  48  62  41  67  49 /  70   0   0   0  10
KBPT  48  62  40  68  51 /  40   0   0   0  10
KAEX  46  59  37  67  42 /  70   0   0   0  10
KLFT  51  62  41  66  46 /  70   0   0   0  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO
     HIGH ISLAND, TX 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 LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
     TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL
     CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
527 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-281030-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
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-
527 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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 STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...DEEP MOISTURE...STRONG SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE
TO PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE AREAWIDE. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...ROTATING SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
DEVELOPING WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...STORMS WILL
BECOME MORE LINEAR WITH STRONG STRAIGHT LINE DAMAGING WINDS THE
LIKELIEST THREAT.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
OF FLASH FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINS FROM TRAINING STORMS. WITH
DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE AREA...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINS WITH RATES OF UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR. WITH
THE GROUND IN MANY LOCATIONS SATURATED FROM THE RAIN THE PAST FEW
DAYS...FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND URBAN AREAS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN OCCURS.

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT
TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS OVER
THE COASTAL WATERS WITH WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS
OF UP TO 7 TO 9 FEET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA.

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS ON TUESDAY AS
ANOTHER FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
536 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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

0528 PM     HAIL             WILDWOOD                30.52N 94.44W
03/27/2009  M0.75 INCH       HARDIN             TX   PUBLIC

&&

LANDRENEAU

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
544 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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

0525 PM     HAIL             1 E BUNKIE              30.95N 92.17W
03/27/2009  E0.75 INCH       AVOYELLES          LA   PUBLIC

            PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

&&

KKUYPER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
557 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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

0548 PM     HAIL             SIMMESPORT              30.98N 91.81W
03/27/2009  E0.75 INCH       AVOYELLES          LA   PUBLIC

            PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

&&

KKUYPER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
613 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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

0512 PM     TORNADO          VOTAW                   30.44N 94.67W
03/27/2009                   HARDIN             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN A FIELD NO DAMAGE TO HOMES NOTED AT
            THIS TIME.

&&

KKUYPER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
614 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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

0613 PM     HAIL             BUNA                    30.44N 93.96W
03/27/2009  E0.88 INCH       JASPER             TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

KKUYPER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
615 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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

0530 PM     HAIL             WILDWOOD                30.52N 94.44W
03/27/2009  M1.25 INCH       HARDIN             TX   PUBLIC

&&

LANDRENEAU