Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2012, 3:03 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 57 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
- Feb 15, 2012, 3:03 PM CST (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
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 nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 435 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
579
WUUS54 KLCH 152103
SVRLCH
LAC079-115-152200-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0017.120215T2103Z-120215T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
303 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...LENA...BOYCE...
NORTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES SLAGLE...
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 304 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL....6
MILES WEST OF SLAGLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SLAGLE AND KURTHWOOD BY 310 PM CST...
HUTTON AND LACAMP BY 320 PM CST...
CLIFTON AND SIEPER BY 330 PM CST...
FLATWOODS BY 335 PM CST...
OTIS BY 340 PM CST...
LENA AND GARDNER BY 345 PM CST...
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.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3150 9268 3146 9270 3144 9268 3141 9268
3140 9260 3121 9258 3111 9324 3127 9333
3137 9311 3135 9295 3137 9294 3137 9292
3140 9291 3152 9273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 244DEG 36KT 3123 9319
$$1 follow-up statement
179
WWUS54 KLCH 152131
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
331 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
LAC079-115-152200-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120215T2200Z/
RAPIDES LA-VERNON LA-
331 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISHES...
AT 328 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON RADAR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUTTON..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLIFTON BY 345 PM CST...
FLATWOODS BY 350 PM CST...
LENA BY 400 PM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY INDOORS...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3148 9277 3141 9268 3121 9262 3115 9297
3137 9311 3135 9295 3137 9294 3137 9292
3140 9291 3141 9290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 242DEG 27KT 3133 9301
$$
JTWhat 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 Feb 15, 11:22 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 11:22 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1122 AM CST WED FEB 15 2012
.DISCUSSION...
FOR THE 15/18Z TAF ISSUANCE.
&&
.AVIATION...
IFR CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE AT KBPT INTO THE AFTERNOON AS SOUTHEAST
FLOW OFF THE GULF BRINGS THE MARINE LAYER INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
REMAINDER OF THE TAF SITES WILL SEE MVFR CEILINGS DEVELOPING.
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL HELP BRING A SURFACE TROF ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE WITH MVFR
CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH IFR VISIBILITIES AND GUSTY WINDS.
SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO
EAST DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS AS SURFACE TROF MOVES ACROSS
AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DEPARTS. WITH A STABLE AIRMASS...LIGHT WINDS AND
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LIKELY TRAPPED UNDERNEATH A FRONTAL
INVERSION...LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH
IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES LASTING INTO THE MORNING HOURS.
RUA
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 954 AM CST WED FEB 15 2012/
DISCUSSION...
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE RETREATING TO THE EAST...AND
LOW PRESSURE TROF AND FRONT ACROSS TX...WITH A TIGHTENING PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER OUR REGION. WINDS HAVE ALREADY INCREASED ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS...THUS RAISING SCEC THERE. 06Z GFS GUIDANCE SUGGESTING
SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS AS WELL. THUS...UPDATES INCLUDED BUMPING UP
THE WINDS A BIT...EXPECTING SE 10-15 MPH FROM THE I-10 CORRIDOR
NORTHWARD...AND SE 15-20 MPH ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND
PARISHES. OTHERWISE...TEMPS AND POP DISTRIBUTION REMAINED
UNCHANGED...EXPECTING ANOTHER WET AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
DML
MARINE...
WITH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASING BETWEEN THE EXITING HIGH AND
APPROACHING FRONT...SE WINDS NEAR AND ABOVE 20KTS REPORTED FROM PLATFORMS
ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR THE HEIGHT OF THESE
PLATFORMS (ADJUSTING THE WINDS DOWN A COUPLE OF KNOTS)...STILL
EXPECT SE WINDS 15-20KTS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THUS...RAISED
SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION...AND BUMPED UP SEAS 2-4FT FOR THE
0-20NM ZONES...5-6FT FOR THE 20-60NM ZONES. NO OTHER CHANGES MADE.
DML
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 538 AM CST WED FEB 15 2012/
DISCUSSION...
LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY/UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWED FLAT
RIDGING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CONUS...WITH A MEAN TROF STRETCHING
FROM THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TO JUST WEST OF THE BAJA. UPPER LEVEL
JET WAS NOTED FROM NORTHERN MEXICO ARCING EASTWARD ACROSS THE SE
CONUS. SHORTWAVE TROF WAS NOTED MOVING EAST OF THE FOUR CORNERS
TWD THE TX PANHANDLE.
AT THE SFC...LEE SIDE LOW PRESSURE WAS NOTED OVER WESTERN
KS...WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SE THROUGH OK AND INTO WEST
CENTRAL MS.
VERY ACTIVE SHORT TERM FORECAST TO CONTEND WITH THIS FORECAST
PACKAGE...GENERALLY SURROUNDING THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE TROF.
THIS FEATURE IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE LIFTING E/NE THROUGH THE
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. AS IT DOES SO...STRENGTHENING
SOUTHERLY WINDS...30-40KT AT H85...WILL TRANSPORT RICH GULF MOISTURE
CHARACTERIZED BY DEW POINTS IN THE 65-70F RANGE NWD INTO THE
REGION. PRECIPITABLE WATER IS FCST TO CLIMB TO NEAR 1.7
INCHES...WHICH IS GREATER THAN 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF INTENSE RAINFALL RATES...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
THESE STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS WILL ALSO YIELD INCREASING
ATMOSPHERIC SHEAR...SUPPORTING A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES THE PRIMARY HAZARDS...WITH LARGE HAIL
ALSO POSSIBLE. INSTABILITY IS PROGGED TO BE SOMEWHAT
LIMITING...THUS SPC HAS AREA OUTLINED IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
REGIONAL RADARS ALREADY INDICATING SOME ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWER
ACTIVITY...AND THIS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...INCREASING IN COVERAGE ACROSS EAST TEXAS HEADING TOWARD
LATE MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON...AS LIFT INCREASES WITH THE
APPROACH OF THE SHORTWAVE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
LIKELY. ZONE OF GREATEST COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY
FALL WITHIN A SWATH FROM EAST TEXAS INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WITH
ACTIVITY PICKING UP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE
EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS.
OUTPUT FROM HIRES WINDOWS AND EXPERIMENTAL HREF INDICATE 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE FROM THE EAST TEXAS LAKES INTO CENTRAL
LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 4 INCHES...POSSIBLE FOR EVENT TOTALS.
THESE MODELS HAVE DEMONSTRATED SOME SKILL IN PICKING UP ON HEAVY
RAINFALL EVENTS. STILL...WITH 6-HR FFG AVERAGING NEAR 4 INCHES...DO
NOT BELIEVE A WATCH IS WARRANTED AT THIS TIME.
RAINFALL SHOULD COME TO AN END ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY
MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT...BUT SOME LINGERING
SHOWERS OVER THE GULF WATERS AND THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA REGION WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AS FRONTAL PROGRESS SLOWS AND
EVENTUALLY HALTS.
THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY OVER THE GULF
WATERS ON FRIDAY...WHILE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROF...CURRENTLY OVER
THE PAC NW...APPROACHES. ISENTROPIC LIFT IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ON
FRIDAY AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES...DRAWING GULF MOISTURE ATOP THE
SHALLOW AND WEAK POST FRONTAL AIRMASS. THIS LIFT WILL INCREASE
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE
STALLED BOUNDARY OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF...THEN TRACKS EAST OVER
THE GULF WATERS NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE LOUISIANA COAST. STILL SOME
DIFFERENCES IN REGARD TO THE TIMING OF THIS SCENARIO...AND FOR
THIS FORECAST HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO THE PREVIOUS ONE...WHICH WAS
ALSO CLOSE TO THE ECMWF SOLUTION.
RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END BY SATURDAY EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES
OFF TO THE EAST AND SOME COOLER/DRIER AIR FINALLY INTRUDES FROM
THE WEST.
MARINE...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BREAK DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF OF
MEXICO...PERMITTING A COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL
WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE
FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO ON
FRIDAY...BEFORE RETURNING TO THE NEARSHORE WATERS AS A WARM FRONT
ON SATURDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ON THE WESTERN TIP
OF FRONT...THEN TRAVEL EASTWARD...DRAGGING ANOTHER COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS BY SATURDAY EVENING.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 73 62 75 51 67 / 70 70 10 20 30
KBPT 73 60 74 52 66 / 70 50 10 20 30
KAEX 74 59 72 45 64 / 90 90 10 10 20
KLFT 76 65 75 52 68 / 50 90 20 10 30
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...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...SABINE LAKE...VERMILION BAY...WATERS FROM
INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS
FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS
FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 5:57 AM CST, 9 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 557 AM CST WED FEB 15 2012 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-161200- 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-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE- ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 557 AM CST WED FEB 15 2012 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 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND INTO WESTERN LOUISIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS PARTS OF EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE THE PRIMARY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THOUGH LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...VERY HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF INTENSE RAINFALL RATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COOL FRONT. GOOD RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. 13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 12:50 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1250 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
TXZ180-151945-
TYLER TX-
1250 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TYLER COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CST...
AT 1248 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF CHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WOODVILLE BY 1255 PM...
CHESTER BY 100 PM...
COLMESNEIL BY 105 PM...
ROCKLAND BY 115 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 3106 9457 3104 9445 3100 9445 3103 9440
3104 9434 3102 9432 3104 9429 3102 9428
3102 9426 3100 9424 3096 9424 3094 9421
3090 9421 3065 9458 3101 9467Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:19 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
119 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 PM HAIL WOODVILLE 30.77N 94.42W
02/15/2012 E0.50 INCH TYLER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
WOODVILLE POLICE AND GIBB LEWIS PENITENTIARY REPORT
MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
&&
MOGGEDSpecial weather statement, Feb 15, 1:47 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
147 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
TXZ180-259-260-152045-
NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-TYLER TX-
147 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER...NEWTON AND TYLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CST...
AT 146 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
JASPER AND ROGANVILLE BY 155 PM...
JAMESTOWN AND HARRISBURG BY 205 PM...
FARRSVILLE AND BROWNDELL BY 210 PM...
MAYFLOWER AND BURKEVILLE BY 220 PM...
TOLEDO BEND DAM BY 235 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.
LAT...LON 3118 9353 3115 9355 3111 9354 3110 9356
3108 9355 3066 9407 3077 9423 3115 9401
3117 9384 3118 9360 3117 9358 3119 9356
RUASpecial weather statement, Feb 15, 2:35 PM CST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
235 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
LAZ027-152130-
VERNON LA-
235 PM CST WED FEB 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERNON PARISH UNTIL 330 PM CST...
AT 234 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURR FERRY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW LLANO BY 250 PM...
ANACOCO...LEESVILLE AND HORNBECK BY 255 PM...
SLAGLE BY 305 PM...
KURTHWOOD BY 310 PM...
HUTTON BY 320 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.
THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
LAT...LON 3136 9299 3133 9295 3132 9288 3129 9286
3096 9354 3100 9358 3103 9351 3105 9353
3106 9352 3110 9356 3111 9354 3118 9353
3119 9355 3124 9356 3128 9354 3128 9345
3137 9339
RUAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 3:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:18 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Rapides | 3 hr |
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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.