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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2012, 1:28 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 12, 2012, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Hardin County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 3877 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 12, 12:42 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 12:42 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 7:02 AM CDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 702 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 131100- 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- 702 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 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 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH RAIN CHANCES DECREASING FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-131100- 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- 558 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE OVERALL PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW...THOUGH DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH RAIN CHANCES DECREASING FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1143 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
TXZ180-201-259>262-121745-
HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-TYLER TX-
SOUTHERN JASPER TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-
1143 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON AND
TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...
AT 1138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
NORTH OF DEWEYVILLE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
DEVILS POCKET BY 1215 PM...
WRIGHTS SETTLEMENT BY 1235 PM...
FRED BY 1240 PM...
BUNA...DEWEYVILLE...CANEY HEAD AND WARREN BY 1245 PM...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 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.
THESE STORMS 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3106 9457 3104 9445 3113 9404 3083 9361
3068 9362 3065 9367 3059 9368 3057 9373
3054 9374 3044 9370 3039 9375 3034 9377
3029 9371 3025 9371 3024 9371 3025 9411
3049 9456 3051 9455 3101 9467
LANDRENEAUSpecial weather statement, Jun 12, 11:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1155 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
LAZ033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ216-121800-
ST. LANDRY LA-LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX-
JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-LOWER ST. MARTIN LA-
VERMILION LA-IBERIA LA-ST. MARY LA-WEST CAMERON LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
1155 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LANDRY...LAFAYETTE...
ACADIA...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...VERMILION...ST. MARY...
IBERIA...ST. MARTIN AND CAMERON PARISHES...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR ORANGE COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT...
AT 1152 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM KROTZ SPRINGS TO 15 MILES NORTH OF
SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.
* THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...HACKETTS CORNER...GRAND LAKE
AND ERATH BY NOON...
ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...SWEET LAKE...HEBERTS MARINA
AND AVERY ISLAND BY 1205 PM...
LYDIA AND HENRY BY 1210 PM...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2961 9109 2952 9156 2973 9163 2970 9188
2982 9188 2982 9197 2972 9213 2957 9170
2956 9170 2948 9177 2958 9263 2977 9309
2974 9382 3016 9370 3009 9185 3069 9183
2998 9127 2998 9147 2976 9138Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:03 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon | 95 min |
| Jun 12, 9:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 10:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 11:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron, Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 117 min | |
| Jun 12, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 59 min | |
| Jun 12, 12:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Lafayette | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 12:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Tyler | 118 min |
| Jun 12, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 50 min |
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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.