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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2011, 8:34 AM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 21, 2011, 8:34 AM CDT (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Allen Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 4282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 Jun 21, 6:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 6:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 5:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 535 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-221000- 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- 535 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 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 BANDS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS 20 TO 60 NM OUT...MAINLY FOR SEAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE WET PATTERN CONTINUES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. CHANCES TAPER OFF FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SUNDAY WILL SEE A RETURN OF THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS AS HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SWEENEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 733 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 LAZ030-041-TXZ182-216-211330- NEWTON TX-BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX- 733 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEWTON AND ORANGE COUNTIES... SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES UNTIL 830 AM CDT... AT 730 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOREST HEIGHTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HARTBURG...FOREST HEIGHTS AND DEWEYVILLE BY 740 AM... STARKS BY 750 AM... DEVILS POCKET BY 755 AM... LUNITA BY 800 AM... OLD SALEM BY 810 AM... FIELDS...BANCROFT AND DE QUINCY BY 820 AM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING 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. LAT...LON 3081 9369 3053 9327 3008 9376 3017 9394
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:34 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 834 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 LAZ028-031-032-042-211400- RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA- 834 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAPIDES...EVANGELINE...ALLEN AND JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES UNTIL 900 AM CDT... AT 831 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF OBERLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT AND BOND BY 855 AM... OAKDALE AND BEAVER BY 900 AM... THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3093 9275 3076 9242 3041 9277 3051 9292 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 8:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 10:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 1:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 1:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 46 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Louisiana, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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.