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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Mar 11, 2012, 5:29 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 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
- Mar 11, 2012, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Beauregard Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 Mar 11, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 6:07 AM CDT, 11 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 607 AM CDT SUN MAR 11 2012 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 121100- 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- 607 AM CDT SUN MAR 11 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 SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST TEXAS...WESTERN LOUISIANA...AND INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS RISK IS CONDITIONAL...HOWEVER...AS OVERALL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED BY POOR INSTABILITY. NONETHELESS...ATMOSPHERIC WIND PROFILES ARE FORECAST TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ELEVATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BUT DECREASE TO A DAILY DAYTIME SLIGHT CHANCE THEREAFTER. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-121100- 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- 607 AM CDT SUN MAR 11 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODEST SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION OVER THE GULF WATERS AND COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS. OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST TEXAS...WESTERN LOUISIANA...AND INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AFFECTING THE GULF WATERS ON MONDAY. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MARINE INTERESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO HEED ADVISORIES AND HEADLINES...AND BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 5:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
529 PM CDT SUN MAR 11 2012
LAZ030-041-112330-
BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-
529 PM CDT SUN MAR 11 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...NEAR FIELDS...OR ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF
FIELDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SINGER...MERRYVILLE AND RAGLEY BY 540 PM...
LONGVILLE BY 545 PM...
TULLA BY 550 PM...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3080 9314 3040 9317 3031 9353 3030 9372
3050 9365 3080 9355
K. KUYPERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2:52 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 19 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.