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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2012, 6:01 PM CDT for Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Aug 10, 2012, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 2090 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
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 Aug 10, 5:01 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 5:01 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 4:00 AM CDT, 14 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 400 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 110900- 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- 400 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 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 TODAY. TYPICAL BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED...BUT A PULSE THUNDERSTORM BRIEFLY REACHING SEVERE LIMITS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT SLIDES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND STALLS NEAR THE COAST. AS WILL BE THE CASE TODAY...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED....BUT A PULSE THUNDERSTORM BRIEFLY REACHING SEVERE LIMITS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE REQUIRED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-110900- 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- 400 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY...WITH CHANCES LOWERING GOING INTO THE NEW WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
231 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012
LAZ054-055-102030-
LOWER ST. MARTIN LA-ST. MARY LA-
231 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. MARY AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF STEPHENSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
AMELIA BY 240 PM...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS.
THIS STORM COULD ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW
LYING ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 2952 9121 2952 9122 2971 9138 2986 9119
2984 9113 2981 9109 2975 9108 2973 9110
2965 9110 2963 9108 2960 9107
K. KUYPERSpecial weather statement, Aug 10, 3:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
351 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012
TXZ180-259-260-102145-
NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-TYLER TX-
351 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER...NEWTON AND TYLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ROGANVILLE IN JASPER COUNTY TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODVILLE IN
HARDIN COUNTY...STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WARREN...SPURGER AND MAGNOLIA SPRINGS BY 355 PM...
MT. UNION BY 400 PM...
KIRBYVILLE AND FRED BY 420 PM...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING 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.
LAT...LON 3114 9390 3084 9389 3054 9389 3053 9454
3098 9465 3106 9427
K. KUYPERSpecial weather statement, Aug 10, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
448 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012
TXZ180-201-259-261-102300-
HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-TYLER TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-
448 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER AND TYLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
WEST OF KIRBYVILLE TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF THICKET...MOVING SOUTH AT
10 MPH.
* THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WILDWOOD BY 455 PM...
WILDWOOD AND FRED BY 500 PM...
VOTAW AND VILLAGE MILLS BY 510 PM...
CANEY HEAD AND THICKET BY 530 PM...
HONEY ISLAND BY 545 PM...
KOUNTZE AND BUNA BY 600 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 MIDNIGHT SATURDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3050 9455 3080 9461 3075 9388 3033 9390
3023 9464 3049 9473
LANDRENEAUSpecial weather statement, Aug 10, 5:18 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 518 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 LAZ027-030-102315- BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA- 518 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD AND VERNON PARISHES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF DE RIDDER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ROSEPINE BY 525 PM... DE RIDDER BY 545 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3087 9309 3067 9336 3085 9350 3098 9336 RUA
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:46 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 546 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 LAZ027-030-031-102345- BEAUREGARD LA-ALLEN LA-VERNON LA- 546 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD...ALLEN AND VERNON PARISHES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF SUGARTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SUGARTOWN BY 605 PM... GRANT BY 630 PM... MITTIE BY 645 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING 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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3088 9277 3061 9289 3082 9324 3098 9315 24
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 601 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 LAZ030-041-TXZ201-215-216-259>262-110000- HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-JEFFERSON TX- BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX- SOUTHERN NEWTON TX- 601 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON... JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF FIELDS TO DEWEYVILLE TO BUNA TO LUMBERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... EVADALE BY 610 PM... LUMBERTON BY 615 PM... DEWEYVILLE BY 625 PM... DE QUINCY AND WEISS BLUFF BY 630 PM... STARKS AND LUNITA BY 635 PM... LAKEVIEW BY 640 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE CONTINUOUS 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3042 9329 3012 9416 3035 9434 3067 9364 RUA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 72 min |
| Aug 10, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 63 min | |
| Aug 10, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 72 min |
| Aug 10, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Orange | 41 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.