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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Nov 5, 2012, 4:29 PM CST for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
- Nov 5, 2012, 4:29 PM CST (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2012, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Newton County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 Nov 5, 11:51 AM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 11:51 AM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 4:44 AM CST, 11 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 444 AM CST MON NOV 5 2012 GMZ430-432-435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215- 216-259>262-061200- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-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- 444 AM CST MON NOV 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE...WITH VISIBILITIES CHANGING OVER A SHORT DISTANCE BEING THE GREATEST HAZARD. OTHERWISE...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...SENDING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-061200- 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- 444 AM CST MON NOV 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INLAND LAKES AND BAYS THROUGH SUNRISE...WITH VISIBILITIES CHANGING OVER A SHORT DISTANCE BEING THE GREATEST HAZARD. OTHERWISE...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...SENDING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW...BRINGING HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 4:12 PM CST, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
412 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012
LAZ041-042-052-074-052315-
CALCASIEU LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-VERMILION LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
412 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
VERMILION AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 515 PM CST...
AT 407 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF GRAND LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SWEET LAKE AND HOLMWOOD BY 420 PM...
HACKETTS CORNER AND GIBBSTOWN BY 425 PM...
LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND HAYES BY 440 PM...
THORNWELL BY 455 PM...
LOWRY BY 500 PM...
THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS 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 900 PM MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2994 9327 2996 9328 3003 9328 3005 9330
3014 9327 3009 9268 2980 9273Special weather statement, Nov 5, 4:26 PM CST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 426 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 LAZ033-043-044-052-052330- ST. LANDRY LA-LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-VERMILION LA- 426 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LANDRY...LAFAYETTE...ACADIA AND VERMILION PARISHES UNTIL 530 PM CST... AT 421 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EGAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CROWLEY AND LYONS POINT BY 435 PM... RAYNE BY 450 PM... INDIAN BAYOU BY 455 PM... RIDGE...DUSON...MIRE AND MEAUX BY 505 PM... MAURICE BY 515 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE 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 900 PM MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3035 9210 3000 9207 3009 9254 3027 9253
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 4:29 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 429 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 LAZ030-TXZ259-260-262-052315- NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-BEAUREGARD LA- SOUTHERN NEWTON TX- 429 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES... SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH UNTIL 515 PM CST... AT 426 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIRBYVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... TROUT CREEK BY 440 PM... BON WEIR BY 445 PM... OLD SALEM BY 450 PM... BANCROFT BY 455 PM... BIVENS BY 500 PM... FIELDS BY 515 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 35 TO 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 3062 9336 3041 9362 3067 9399 3083 9388
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 1:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 5, 1:22 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 8 hr | |
| Nov 5, 4:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 63 min |
| Nov 5, 4:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 64 min |
| Nov 5, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 44 min |
| Nov 5, 4:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 63 min |
| Nov 5, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 5:09 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Nov 5, 5:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Nov 5, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 29 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.