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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2012, 9:32 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 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 13, 2012, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Lafayette Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 2414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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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</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 Jun 13, 9:28 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 9:28 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1122 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 141630- 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- 1122 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. OCCASIONAL TO SOMETIMES FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS, TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS, AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE BIGGEST THREATS. MINOR FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AREAS MAY BE A CONCERN IF A STORM REMAINS OVER AN AREA THAT RECEIVED HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. OCCASIONAL TO SOMETIMES FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES IS EXPECTED TO BE THE BIGGEST THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-141630- 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- 1122 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE BIGGEST THREATS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS, POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS, AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:47 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
847 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0846 PM FUNNEL CLOUD LEESVILLE 31.14N 93.27W
06/13/2012 VERNON LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR LEESVILLE.
&&
DJONESSpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 9:06 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
906 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
LAZ041-042-074-140300-
CALCASIEU LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
906 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS AND
CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYES...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
25 MPH.
THIS STORM HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS THIS
EVENING.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 920 PM
RURAL NORTHERN CAMERON PARISH AT 920 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.
LAT...LON 3004 9303 3016 9303 3019 9300 3020 9293
3016 9293 3016 9289 3012 9290 3008 9289
3008 9293 3004 9292
K. KUYPERSpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 9:32 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 932 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 LAZ043-044-052-140300- LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-VERMILION LA- 932 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...ACADIA AND VERMILION PARISHES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 928 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF INDIAN BAYOU...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... INDIAN BAYOU BY 940 PM... KAPLAN AND MEAUX BY 1000 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...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. LAT...LON 3006 9207 2993 9235 3019 9242 3026 9224 24
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 3:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Beauregard | 116 min |
| Jun 14, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 2:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Tyler | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 2:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Tyler | 2 hr |
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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.