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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2010, 3:06 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 19 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
- Jun 2, 2010, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2010, 3:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Beauregard Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 2717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 2, 12:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 5:10 AM CDT, 9 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 510 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 GMZ430-432-435-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 031015- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-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- 510 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 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 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE ON THE STRONG SIDE...ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES THE REGION. ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RAIN CHANCES BEGIN TO DIMINISH FRIDAY...WITH VERY LIMITED SHOWER OR STORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND...AS AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH BUILDS OVER THE AREA. THEN MAIN EFFECT OF THIS RIDGING WILL BE MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES AS AFTERNOON HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID TO UPPER 90S EACH DAY ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY COULD RESULT IN HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-031015- 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- 510 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 60 NM. NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS TO 30 KT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 60 NM. NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH BY THE WEEKEND...WITH A LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 24
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 155 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 LAZ043-021915- ACADIA LA- 155 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACADIA PARISH UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROWLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN NEAR SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF CROWLEY AND WILL BE NEAR MAXIE BY 215 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. SWEENEY
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 159 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 LAZ031-032-021915- EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA- 159 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EVANGELINE AND ALLEN PARISHES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAMOU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR PINE PRARIE... VILLE PLATTE BY 215 PM...AND WILL PASS JUST WEST OF VILLE PLATTE. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. SWEENEY
Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:30 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
230 PM CDT WED JUN 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 PM HAIL 2 S DERIDDER 30.82N 93.29W
05/31/2010 M1.00 INCH BEAUREGARD LA CO-OP OBSERVER
RELAYED FROM CO-OP OBSERVER TO ON SCENE NWS EMPLOYEE.
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JSWEENEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 35 min | |
| Jun 2, 11:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 35 min | |
| Jun 2, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 50 min |
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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.