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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 29, 2011Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2011, 9:09 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2011, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 29, 10:25 PM CDT	HAIL 0.25	6 S Lake Charles, LA	SMALL HAIL OBSERVED OUTSIDE NWS OFFICE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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
Mar 29, 3:17 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 29, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 27 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: 2534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 14.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

123 
WUUS54 KLCH 300209
SVRLCH
LAC019-023-300315-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0018.110330T0209Z-110330T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
909 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...WESTLAKE...
  SULPHUR...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE...SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
  REFUGE...GRAND LAKE...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 920
  PM CDT...
  HACKBERRY BY 940 PM CDT...
  HEBERTS MARINA BY 955 PM CDT...
  CARLYSS AND GRAND LAKE BY 1000 PM CDT...
  SULPHUR BY 1005 PM CDT...
  LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...SWEET LAKE AND GIBBSTOWN BY 1010 PM
  CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY INDOORS...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.

LAT...LON 2984 9377 2987 9379 2996 9376 3002 9376
      3037 9322 2993 9298 2990 9325 2993 9325
      2997 9329 3002 9328 3006 9330 3006 9332
      2996 9334 2989 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 240DEG 27KT 2997 9372

$$

27

3 follow-up statements

817 
WWUS54 KLCH 300225
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
925 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

LAC019-023-300315-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110330T0315Z/
CAMERON LA-CALCASIEU LA-
925 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR CALCASIEU AND NORTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISHES...

AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HACKBERRY..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARLYSS BY 950 PM CDT...
  SULPHUR BY 955 PM CDT...
  NORTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT BY 1000 PM CDT...
  WESTLAKE BY 1005 PM CDT...
  LAKE CHARLES BY 1010 PM CDT...
  MOSS BLUFF BY 1015 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2984 9377 3002 9376 3037 9322 2993 9298
      2990 9325 2993 9325 2997 9329 3002 9328
      3006 9330 3006 9332 2989 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 240DEG 27KT 3006 9354

$$

BRAZZELL

517 
WWUS54 KLCH 300244
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
944 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

LAC019-023-300315-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110330T0315Z/
CAMERON LA-CALCASIEU LA-
944 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR CALCASIEU AND NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON PARISHES...

AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HACKBERRY..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARLYSS BY 1005 PM CDT...
  SULPHUR BY 1010 PM CDT...
  WESTLAKE...LAKE CHARLES BY 1015 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2988 9371 3004 9373 3037 9322 2993 9298
      2990 9325 2993 9325 2997 9329 3002 9328
      3006 9330 3006 9332 2989 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 240DEG 27KT 3008 9352

$$

BRAZZELL

284 
WWUS54 KLCH 300309
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1009 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

LAC019-023-300315-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110330T0315Z/
CAMERON LA-CALCASIEU LA-
1009 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CALCASIEU AND NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON PARISHES...

AT 1004 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HACKBERRY..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND LAKE...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEBERTS MARINA...
  CARLYSS BY 1015 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2995 9334 2997 9350 3018 9342 3028 9321
      2997 9314 2997 9329 3002 9328 3006 9330
      3006 9332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 242DEG 16KT 3004 9336

$$

BRAZZELL

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 Mar 29, 8:48 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 8:48 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
848 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

.UPDATE...
SVR WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SE TX AND SRN LOUISIANA THRU 4 AM. STORMS
ARE DEVELOPING OVER SE TX AND MOVING NE AND INTO SRN LOUISIANA
THIS EVE. THE REGION IS GETTING SQUEEZED BETWEEN A APPROACHING
COLD FRONT TO THE NW AND A WARM-FRONT LIFTING OUT OF THE GULF. THIS
WILL TRAP MOISTURE AND FORCE STORM DEVELOPMENT. BOUNDARIES WILL
MERGE WITH COLD FRONT DRIVING TO THE COAST DRG THE LATE MRNG HOURS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 711 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011/

AVIATION...
MVFR/VFR CONDITIONS NOTED ACRS THE AREA...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF A COLD
FRONT. GENERALLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AS
THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA...WITH HIGHEST CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE THROUGH KBPT BY 05Z-06Z...AND PASS KLFT AND KARA BY 09Z-
10Z. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH LOW
CLOUDS LINGERING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THEN LIFTING DURING
THE AFTN.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 414 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011/

DISCUSSION...
WARM FRONT HAS BUCKLED UP INTO PORTIONS OF ACADIANA THIS AFTERNOON
AND IS LOCATED AS OF 20Z FROM ROUGHLY 20 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE
PASS IN THE NORTHERN GULF INLAND ACROSS EASTERN CAMERON PARISH UP
TO LAKE ARTHUR...THEN EAST-NORTHEAST TO JUST NORTH OF LAFAYETTE.
SOUTHEAST OF THIS BOUNDARY...DEWPOINTS HAVE RISEN TO AROUND
70F...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. THIS HAS ALLOWED A
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO DEVELOP WITH CAPES BETWEEN 2500 AND
3500 J/KG WITH LI'S GREATER THAN (-7). A FEW CELLS HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO BREAK THROUGH THE CAP IN ACADIANA WHERE THE INSTABILITY IS AT
ITS BEST. THESE STORMS ARE STARTING TO GROW WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING THE MAIN HAZARDS.
ALSO...ALONG THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY...LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL TURN
ALLOWING FOR AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL HELICITY VALUES...SO SOME
ROTATING CELLS CAN NOT ALSO BE RULED OUT. CELLS SHOULD REMAIN
MAINLY SCATTERED DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS DOWN INTO
THE HILL COUNTRY OF TEXAS. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN
TO THE SOUTHEAST ENTER THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...THEN
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT. MEANWHILE...MID TO
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS MOVING IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW OUT OF OLD
MEXICO ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE AHEAD OF THESE SYSTEMS...WITH THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
AND FRONTAL LIFT ALSO INCREASING. THEREFORE...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...LIKELY FORMING
A LINE ALONG THE FRONT. WITH COOLING AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ALOFT
PROVIDED BY THE SHORT WAVE...AND SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY...THERE
WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS
WITH THE LINE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS LOW LEVEL FLOW IS ACTUALLY RATHER
WEAK MEANING STORM MOTION MAY NOT BE TOO FAST. AVERAGE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OVER A MAJORITY OF THE
FORECAST AREA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF
AN ALEXANDRIA TO LAFAYETTE LINE WHERE BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL OVERLAP.

STRONGEST SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL END DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS...WITH CLOUDS AND LIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS LINGERING THROUGH
MOST OF THE DAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AS OVER-RIDING ACROSS THE
FRONT WILL CONTINUE INTO MAIN UPPER TROF AXIS MOVES THROUGH.

BRIEF COOL CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL
MOVE EAST...ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY BREEZES TO RETURN ON FRIDAY
INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH WARM CONDITIONS.

RUA

MARINE...
MAINLY LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW WILL OCCUR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
NEAR THE COAST AND OVER THE LAKES AND BAYS. SOME OF THESE STORMS
COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

A COLD FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AGAIN SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD BECOME RATHER STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. BRIEF
MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTHERLY GRADIENT WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR BEHIND
THE FRONT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

OFFSHORE WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...UNTIL WINDS
BECOME ONSHORE AGAIN ON FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES EAST OF THE REGION.

RUA

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  59  70  52  73  52 /  60  30  20  10  10
KBPT  58  70  53  73  57 /  60  30  20  10  10
KAEX  56  66  48  72  50 /  70  30  20  10  10
KLFT  59  71  52  72  54 /  70  40  20  10  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 4:59 AM CDT, 16 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
459 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-301000-
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-
459 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

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 WARM FRONT WILL PUSH NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS EVENING INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE
FORECAST AREA. LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES
LESSER THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE BUT DUE TO
THE RECENT DRY CONDITIONS LITTLE OR NO FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT MAY PUSH ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...BRINGING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

05

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
641 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

LAZ033-300045-
ST. LANDRY LA-
641 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF OPELOUSAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEONVILLE BY 655 PM...
  WASHINGTON AND ARNAUDVILLE BY 700 PM...
  PORT BARRE BY 710 PM...
  LEBEAU BY 725 PM...
  PALMETTO BY 735 PM...
  KROTZ SPRINGS BY 740 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3050 9176 3048 9174 3041 9195 3042 9197
      3040 9198 3036 9211 3051 9222 3085 9196
      3085 9195 3061 9174 3056 9175 3053 9173
      3051 9173

RUA

Local storm report, Mar 29, 7:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
706 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

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

0700 PM     HAIL             1 S OPELOUSAS           30.51N 92.08W
03/29/2011  E1.25 INCH       ST. LANDRY         LA   PUBLIC

&&

K. KUYPER

Local storm report, Mar 29, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
712 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

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

0703 PM     HAIL             LEONVILLE               30.46N 91.98W
03/29/2011  E1.00 INCH       ST. LANDRY         LA   PUBLIC

&&

K. KUYPER

Local storm report, Mar 29, 8:11 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
811 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

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

0705 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E OPELOUSAS           30.52N 92.02W
03/29/2011                   ST. LANDRY         LA   PUBLIC

            A FEW BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED, A CAMPER WAS
            FLIPPED OVER AND POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED ON HIGHWAY 742
            BETWEEN OPELOUSAS AND PORT BARRE.

&&

ML

Local storm report, Mar 29, 8:34 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
834 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

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

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW LEONVILLE          30.48N 92.00W
03/29/2011                   ST. LANDRY         LA   PUBLIC

            A FEW TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

&&

ML

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 9:05 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
905 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

LAZ030-031-041-042-300300-
ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-CALCASIEU LA-
905 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...JEFFERSON
DAVIS AND CALCASIEU PARISHES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DE QUINCY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GILLIS BY 920 PM...
  RAGLEY BY 925 PM...
  LONGVILLE AND TOPSY BY 930 PM...
  BULLER BY 935 PM...
  REEVES BY 940 PM...
  DRY CREEK BY 950 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL
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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3033 9296 3031 9356 3051 9357 3072 9297

K. KUYPER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	55 min
Mar 29, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	63 min
Mar 29, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	43 min
Mar 29, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	39 min
Mar 29, 9:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		52 min
Mar 29, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Saint Landry	49 min
Mar 29, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	44 min
Mar 29, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	42 min
Mar 29, 10:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu	81 min
Mar 29, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	46 min
Mar 29, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry	24 min
Mar 29, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	40 min
Mar 30, 12:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	44 min
Mar 30, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	29 min
Mar 30, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Mar 30, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	51 min
Mar 30, 3:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Mar 30, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	50 min
Mar 30, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
Mar 30, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		39 min
Mar 30, 4:25 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		8 hr
Mar 30, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	23 min
Mar 30, 4:34 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
Mar 30, 4:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	52 min
Mar 30, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	47 min
Mar 30, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		59 min
Mar 30, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Evangeline	39 min
Mar 30, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Assumption	50 min
Mar 30, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	37 min
Mar 30, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	44 min
Mar 30, 5:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	31 min
Mar 30, 5:34 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
Mar 30, 5:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	22 min
Mar 30, 5:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	46 min
Mar 30, 6:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	30 min
Mar 30, 6:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.