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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Nov 8, 2011, 3:36 PM CST for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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
- Nov 8, 2011, 3:36 PM CST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2011, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Hardin County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
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 Nov 8, 11:39 AM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 11:39 AM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 540 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-091100- 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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 540 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH WARNING CRITERIA WITH GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 KNOTS TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA UNTIL FRIDAY. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ON VESSELS MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS. WE WILL BE CALLING ON AFFECTED RIGS FOR ANY VERIFICATION DATA THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-091100- 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-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER- SOUTHERN NEWTON- 540 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES LATE TONIGHT, THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD END. ABOUT AN INCH OF RAINFALL SHOULD BE COMMON FROM THIS SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY COOL AND CHILLY NIGHTS AND MILD DAYS INTO THIS WEEKEND. RAIN CHANCES RETURN ON MONDAY AS ANOTHER PACIFIC FRONT APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS TONIGHT. SWEENEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 8, 2:09 PM CST, 1 hour 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 10:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 61 hr | |
| Nov 8, 2:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 36 min |
| Nov 8, 2:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 4:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 25 min |
| Nov 8, 4:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 40 min |
| Nov 8, 5:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 56 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.