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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at May 21, 2011, 4:09 AM CDT for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2011, 4:09 AM CDT (09:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2011, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Tyler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 20, 11:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 11:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 444 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-210945- 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- 444 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 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 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS... ...WINDY ADVISORY FOR PARISHES AND COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA UNTIL 7 PM... FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN. PLEASE LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BURN BANS CONTINUE FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CAMERON AND JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS A LARGE SWATH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUSIANA. BRISK WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY. THE FIRE RISK REMAINS ELEVATED TODAY AS STRONG WINDS AND DRY GROUND PERSIST. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS LATEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BRING GENERALLY LESS THAN .10 OF AN INCH TO ANY ONE LOCATION...AND THEREFORE WILL NOT AFFECT DROUGHT CONDITIONS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN. PLEASE LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. BURN BANS CONTINUE FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CAMERON AND JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 80S TO NEAR 90 INTO THE WEEKEND ON SOUTHEAST WINDS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OVER THE LAKES REGION IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THE ELEVATED FIRE THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 1:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:09 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 15 hr | |
| May 21, 1:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Tyler | 111 min |
| May 21, 5:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Tyler | 119 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.