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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 5, 20124 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2012, 6:22 PM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 53 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: Nov 5, 2012, 6:22 PM CST (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Nov 5, 2012, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 5, 6:25 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Broussard, LA	LAFAYETTE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND PUBLIC SIGNS BLOWN DOWN.
Nov 5, 6:40 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Broussard, LA	KATC REPORTS WIND DAMAGE ALONG HWY 90 AND ALBERTSONS DRIVE IN BROUSSARD. AN 18 WHEELER WAS ALSO FLIPPED ONTO A SIGN
Nov 5, 6:40 PM CST	HAIL 1	St. Martinville, LA	PUBLIC REPORTS VIA SPOTTER NETWORK QUARTER SIZE HAIL, WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN IN ST MARTINVILLE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 minutes after it went out.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 5, 5:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.2
Supercell composite: -0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

759 
WUUS54 KLCH 060022
SVRLCH
LAC045-055-099-101-060115-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0093.121106T0022Z-121106T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
622 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES NEW IBERIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...ST. MARTINVILLE...CATAHOULA...
  NORTH CENTRAL ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 622 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...7 MILES WEST OF ST.
  MARTINVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. MARTINVILLE AND NEW IBERIA BY 630 PM CST...
  LOREAUVILLE AND CATAHOULA BY 640 PM CST...
  LAKE FAUSSE POINTE BY 650 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST TUESDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

&&

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.

LAT...LON 2988 9148 3006 9201 3024 9199 3027 9159
      3025 9156 3024 9149 3023 9147 3021 9148
      3018 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 276DEG 30KT 3014 9189

$$

21

1 follow-up statement

126 
WWUS54 KLCH 060049
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
649 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

LAC055-060057-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-121106T0115Z/
LAFAYETTE LA-
649 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH
IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST TUESDAY 
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND 
DAMAGE. A CAR WAS FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE.

LAT...LON 2988 9148 2999 9181 3022 9178 3021 9148
      3018 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 275DEG 26KT 3013 9168

$$

LAC045-099-101-060115-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-121106T0115Z/
ST. MARY LA-IBERIA LA-ST. MARTIN LA-
649 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL ST. MARTIN...NORTH CENTRAL IBERIA AND NORTH CENTRAL ST.
MARY PARISHES...

AT 644 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON RADAR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LOREAUVILLE..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH AT 700 PM CST

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST TUESDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

&&

LAT...LON 2988 9148 2999 9181 3022 9178 3021 9148
      3018 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 275DEG 26KT 3013 9168

$$

JT

What 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 Nov 5, 5:57 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 5:57 PM CST, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
557 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

.UPDATE...
A QUICK UPDATE TO ADD SEVERE TSTM WATCH 674 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR
SRN LA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO
WATCH 673...RESULTING IN MOST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR THE EXTREME
NRN TIER OF LA PARISHES...UNDER A WATCH. SCT SEVERE TSTMS CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACRS SRN LA...INCLUDING A RATHER POTENT STORM
THAT JUST MOVED OVER THE OFFICE...DROPPING PEA TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND PRODUCING A WIND GUST TO 60 KT!  24

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 430 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012/

DISCUSSION...
LATEST UPPER AIR ANALYSIS/WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWED A VIGOROUS
MID/UPPER LOW DIVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE LOWER MS RIVER
VALLEY...WITH A SECONDARY SHORTWAVE JUST ENTERING THE NORTHERN
PLAINS. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED CDFNT WAS JUST NORTH/WEST
OF A SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA TO COLLEGE STATION TEXAS LINE...EXTENDING
SOUTHWEST OF A SFC LOW OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AS ROBUST SYNOPTIC LIFT ACTS UPON THE MOIST UNSTABLE
WEDGE IN PLACE OVER TE AREA. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING HOURS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SOUTHWARD MOVING
FRONT. A SVR TSTM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST TX AND SW LA UNTIL 9
PM...AND THIS LOOKS REASONABLE AS FCST SOUNDINGS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
A HAIL/WIND THREAT.

THE CDFNT IS PROGGED TO REACH THE COAST BY EARLY/MID EVENING...AND
CONTINUE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS AS THE UPPER LOW
PIVOTS EAST THROUGH NORTHERN MS/AL. COOLER AND DRIER AIR IS
EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES TUE
MORNING A GOOD 10 DEGREES OR SO COOLER THAN THEY WERE TODAY.

THE CAA IS FCST TO BECOME A BIT MORE NEUTRAL BY TOMORROW...AND
WILL BE FURTHER OFFSET BY GOOD DIURNAL HEATING. A SECONDARY
SURGE...OR REINFORCING FRONT...IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE
UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WED...THOUGH IT WILL BE
SOMETHING OF A GLANCING BLOW AS THE CORE OF COLDEST AIR WILL PASS
TO OUR EAST.

NO REAL CHANGES MADE TO THE EXTENDED FCST...AS GLOBAL MODELS
CONCUR WITH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT TRANSITIONING TO UPPER
RIDGING THURSDAY...WHICH THEN GIVES WAY TO A DEEP AND
STRENGTHENING LOW TO MID LEVEL SOUTHERLY FETCH INTO THE WEEKEND
AS A LARGE UPPER TROF CARVES OUT OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. THEY
CONTINUE TO DIFFER A BIT ON THE TIMING OF THE NEXT FRONT...WITH
THE ECMWF A LITTLE SLOWER THAN THE GFS. HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES
PEGGED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY TIME PERIOD STILL LOOK GOOD.

MARINE...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM DIVES
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT...WITH
GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT IN
ITS WAKE. AT THIS TIME...WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN
EFFECT...AND CONDITIONS LOOKING BORDERLINE BETWEEN SCEC AND
SCA...I HAVE HELD OFF ON ANY MARINE HEADLINES OR ADVISORIES. WINDS
AND SEAS WILL BEGIN SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY...BUT OFFSHORE FLOW WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
RETURN ON THURSDAY...AND GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN INTO THE WEEKEND.

13

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  52  69  47  73 /  40  10   0   0
KBPT  53  73  50  76 /  30  10   0   0
KAEX  48  67  44  70 /  40  10   0   0
KLFT  53  69  46  71 /  50  10   0   0

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 4:44 AM CST, 13 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
444 AM CST MON NOV 5 2012

GMZ430-432-435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-
216-259>262-061200-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-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-
444 AM CST MON NOV 5 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
AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE...WITH
VISIBILITIES CHANGING OVER A SHORT DISTANCE BEING THE GREATEST
HAZARD. OTHERWISE...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
DROPS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...SENDING
A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-061200-
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-
444 AM CST MON NOV 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INLAND LAKES AND BAYS THROUGH
SUNRISE...WITH VISIBILITIES CHANGING OVER A SHORT DISTANCE BEING
THE GREATEST HAZARD. OTHERWISE...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE DROPS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY...SENDING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF
MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW...BRINGING HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS LATE
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 4:26 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
426 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

LAZ033-043-044-052-052330-
ST. LANDRY LA-LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-VERMILION LA-
426 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LANDRY...LAFAYETTE...ACADIA
AND VERMILION PARISHES UNTIL 530 PM CST...

AT 421 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EGAN...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CROWLEY AND LYONS POINT BY 435 PM...
  RAYNE BY 450 PM...
  INDIAN BAYOU BY 455 PM...
  RIDGE...DUSON...MIRE AND MEAUX BY 505 PM...
  MAURICE BY 515 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3035 9210 3000 9207 3009 9254 3027 9253

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 4:29 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
429 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

LAZ030-TXZ259-260-262-052315-
NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-BEAUREGARD LA-
SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-
429 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES...
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH UNTIL 515 PM
CST...

AT 426 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIRBYVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TROUT CREEK BY 440 PM...
  BON WEIR BY 445 PM...
  OLD SALEM BY 450 PM...
  BANCROFT BY 455 PM...
  BIVENS BY 500 PM...
  FIELDS BY 515 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 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 3062 9336 3041 9362 3067 9399 3083 9388

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 4:57 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
457 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

LAZ043>045-052-053-060000-
LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-VERMILION LA-IBERIA LA-
457 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...ACADIA...VERMILION...
IBERIA AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES UNTIL 600 PM CST...

AT 453 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF RIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAFAYETTE AND YOUNGSVILLE BY 505 PM...
  BROUSSARD AND COTEAU BY 510 PM...
  BREAUX BRIDGE...CADE AND ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT BY 515 PM...
  ST. MARTINVILLE...CECILIA AND NEW IBERIA BY 520 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3002 9221 3025 9221 3039 9162 3037 9164
      3035 9162 3031 9162 3028 9159 3026 9159
      3025 9156 3024 9150 2998 9147

Local storm report, Nov 5, 5:07 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
507 PM CST MON NOV 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0418 PM     HAIL             MERMENTAU               30.18N 92.58W
11/05/2012  E0.50 INCH       JEFFERSON DAVIS    LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            KATC RELAYED A PUBLIC REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR
            MERMENTAU.

0413 PM     HAIL             4 S LAKE CHARLES        30.15N 93.20W
11/05/2012  E0.25 INCH       CALCASIEU          LA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS VIA FACEBOOK, DIME SIZE HAIL ALONG CAL CAM
            RD.

0440 PM     HAIL             1 S CROWLEY             30.20N 92.38W
11/05/2012  E0.25 INCH       ACADIA             LA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS VIA FACEBOOK PEA SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF
            CROWLEY.

&&

DJONES

Local storm report, Nov 5, 5:09 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
509 PM CST MON NOV 05 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0458 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     W LAFAYETTE             30.22N 92.03W
11/05/2012                   LAFAYETTE          LA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTING NEAR LAFAYETTE ON
            AMBASSADOR CAFFERY RD.

&&

DJONES

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 6:10 PM CST, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
610 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

LAZ044-045-052-053-060045-
LAFAYETTE LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-VERMILION LA-IBERIA LA-
610 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...VERMILION...IBERIA
AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES UNTIL 645 PM CST...

AT 603 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAURICE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  YOUNGSVILLE AND BROUSSARD BY 615 PM...
  CADE BY 625 PM...
  COTEAU BY 630 PM...
  ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT AND ST. MARTINVILLE BY 635 PM...
  NEW IBERIA BY 640 PM...
  LOREAUVILLE AND LYDIA BY 645 PM...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 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 3011 9164 2990 9174 3007 9216 3024 9208

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 5, 6:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	35 min
Nov 5, 6:22 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		53 min
Nov 5, 6:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Nov 5, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin	17 min
Nov 5, 7:24 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		36 min
Nov 5, 7:50 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		55 min
Nov 5, 7:56 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		54 min
Nov 5, 8:30 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Nov 5, 9:19 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.