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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Dec 20, 2012, 1:17 AM CST for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
- Dec 20, 2012, 1:17 AM CST (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 2:15 AM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Tyler County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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 Dec 19, 11:49 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 11:49 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 358 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 201000- 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- 358 AM CST WED DEC 19 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 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS CAPABLE OF BLOWING A FEW TREES DOWN AND CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING. BY TUESDAY...ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN THEIR REPORT IF DAMAGING WINDS OCCUR LATE TONIGHT. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-201000- 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- 358 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTH AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OFFSHORE...SEAS COULD REACH 6 TO 9 FEET. ALSO...DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...TIDES WILL RUN 2 TO 3 FEET BELOW NORMAL ON THURSDAY...WHICH WILL CAUSE LOW WATER PROBLEMS FOR THE SABINE-NECHES AND CALCASIEU SHIP CHANNELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 20, 1:17 AM CST, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 72 min |
| Dec 20, 3:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides | 79 min |
| Dec 20, 3:20 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Dec 20, 3:35 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 85 min | |
| Dec 20, 4:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 56 min |
| Dec 20, 4:35 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 85 min | |
| Dec 20, 4:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 65 min |
| Dec 20, 5:37 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 83 min | |
| Dec 20, 5:49 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 71 min |
| Dec 20, 6:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 60 min |
| Dec 20, 6:50 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 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.