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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2012, 12:02 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2012, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Alexandria, LA | RAPIDES POLICE RELAYED REPORT OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON CARS IN ALEXANDRIA |
| May 31, 12:23 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pine Prairie, LA | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN EVANGELINE PARISH ALONG HWY 104.. HWY 106... 29 SOUTH...BEAVER RD...OAKDALE RD |
| May 31, 12:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Beaver, LA | SHERIFF REPORTING MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES ALONG HWY 10 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
729 WUUS54 KLCH 311702 SVRLCH LAC003-039-079-311800- /O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0049.120531T1702Z-120531T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1202 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES TURKEY CREEK... CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...PINEVILLE...GLENMORA...ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ALEXANDRIA... NORTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...OAKDALE...ELIZABETH... * UNTIL 100 PM CDT * AT 1202 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...FROM 9 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ELIZABETH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ELMER BY 1210 PM CDT... ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT BY 1230 PM CDT... OAKDALE BY 1235 PM CDT... GLENMORA BY 1240 PM CDT... ALEXANDRIA BY 1250 PM CDT... PINEVILLE...KINGSVILLE...PARADISE AND BEAVER BY 1255 PM CDT... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3143 9228 3071 9240 3072 9284 3139 9270 TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 269DEG 14KT 3131 9267 3073 9282 $$
1 follow-up statement
010 WWUS54 KLCH 311755 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1255 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012 LAC003-039-079-311805- /O.EXP.KLCH.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120531T1800Z/ RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA- 1255 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALLEN... NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE AND CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISHES HAS EXPIRED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3143 9228 3071 9240 3072 9284 3139 9270 TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 269DEG 14KT 3131 9243 3073 9258 $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 61 min |
| May 31, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 58 min |
| May 31, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 41 min |
| May 31, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 32 min |
| May 31, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 56 min |
| May 31, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 57 min |
| May 31, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 62 min |
| May 31, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 60 min |
| May 31, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.