Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 6, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 2546 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
117 WUUS54 KLCH 070100 SVRLCH TXC245-361-070145- /O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0065.120707T0100Z-120707T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 800 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES...PORT NECHES...PORT ARTHUR...NEDERLAND...GROVES... CENTRAL GARDENS...BEAUMONT... ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES...VIDOR...ORANGE...BRIDGE CITY... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...5 MILES WEST OF ORANGE... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORANGEFIELD AND ROSE CITY 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 2987 9393 3010 9416 3019 9384 3011 9376 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 053DEG 7KT 3012 9385 $$ 23 MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 49 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.