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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Feb 3, 2012, 5:48 AM CST for Tyler County, Texas. 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 3, 2012, 5:48 AM CST (11:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2012, 6:45 AM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 Feb 3, 4:51 AM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 4:51 AM CST, 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 3:57 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 357 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 041000- 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- 357 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 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 AREAS OF FOG THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ACROSS THE LAKES REGION IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREA COVERAGE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION TAPERING OFF ON SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-041000- 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- 357 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG IN THE COASTAL WATERS WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED FEET. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS TOMORROW EVENING AND THIS WILL CLEAR OUT THE FOG THAT HAS BEEN LINGERING OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF ALONG WITH DRAWING SHOWER ACTIVITY TO A CLOSE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 5:48 AM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
548 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
TXZ180-201-259-031245-
HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-TYLER TX-
548 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER AND TYLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CST...
AT 542 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF WARREN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHESTER BY 555 AM...
WOODVILLE BY 600 AM...
FRED BY 605 AM...
SPURGER AND COLMESNEIL BY 610 AM...
ROCKLAND BY 615 AM...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 50 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 3050 9455 3100 9467 3102 9465 3106 9452
3104 9445 3108 9425 3052 9412 3040 9471
3047 9473 3050 9473The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:40 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Cameron | 11 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 31 min |
| Feb 3, 5:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 30 min |
| Feb 3, 7:35 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 115 min |
| Feb 3, 8:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 2 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 27 min |
| Feb 3, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 10 days |
| Feb 3, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 8 days |
| Feb 3, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 7 days |
| Feb 3, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 12 days |
| Feb 3, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 6 days |
| Feb 3, 10:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 22 min |
| Feb 3, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 2:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 65 min |
| Feb 3, 6:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 62 min |
| Feb 3, 9:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 29 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.