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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 5, 2011Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2011, 3:13 PM CDT for Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 5, 2011, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2923 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2011-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2923 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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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 Jul 5, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 12:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 10:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1035 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-061545-
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-
1035 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 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

WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

IF ANY OF THE DOWNPOURS OCCUR IN URBAN AREAS...THERE IS A RISK OF
SOME SIGNIFICANT PONDING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THIS WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
142 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

LAZ052-051945-
VERMILION LA-
142 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERMILION PARISH UNTIL 245 PM
CDT...

AT 138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF FORKED ISLAND...MOVING WEST AT
15 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORKED ISLAND BY 150 PM...
  WRIGHT BY 210 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SEEK
SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 2963 9253 2997 9259 2998 9221 2980 9217

SWEENEY
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
158 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

LAZ030-041-051930-
BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-
158 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES
UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES NORTH OF RAGLEY...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RAGLEY BY 210 PM...
  DE QUINCY AND ORETTA BY 230 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3032 9324 3037 9365 3060 9326 3055 9314

SWEENEY
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
313 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

TXZ216-052045-
ORANGE TX-
313 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ORANGE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOREST HEIGHTS...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAURICEVILLE BY 330 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE 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.

LAT...LON 3004 9379 3013 9394 3024 9380 3018 9371

SWEENEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides28 min
Jul 5, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides, Vernon80 min
Jul 5, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion63 min
Jul 5, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard32 min
Jul 5, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette23 min
Jul 5, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis24 min
Jul 5, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion57 min
Jul 5, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron65 min
Jul 5, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion50 min
Jul 5, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange29 min
Jul 5, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson, Orange40 min
Jul 5, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin61 min

Nearby

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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.