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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 7, 2012Jasper County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2012, 12:36 AM CDT for Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 7, 2012, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2012, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Jasper County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2012-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 6, 11:55 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 11:55 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 4:42 AM CDT, 19 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
442 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2012

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
071100-
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-
442 AM CDT WED JUN 6 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
A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE COAST.
MEANWHILE...A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLACE.
THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO...WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
DUE TO EXPECTED HIGH INSTABILITY...A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD
BECOME RATHER STRONG...WITH GUSTY DOWN-BURST WINDS...HAIL...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ALSO...WITH THE HIGH MOISTURE
CONTENT AND EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME STREET FLOODING IF THE STORMS MOVE
OVER URBAN AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER LEVELS...COMBINED WITH A WARM AND MOIST
AIR MASS...WITH ALLOW FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-071100-
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-
442 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST AND OVER
COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS. STRONG WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
WATER LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS...ALONG WITH
OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN
HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

RUA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:36 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary62 min
Jun 7, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin58 min
Jun 7, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis56 min
Jun 7, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry52 min
Jun 7, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Jun 7, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron53 min
Jun 7, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu55 min
Jun 7, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu64 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.