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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2013, 9:10 PM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2013, 9:10 PM CST (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2013, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 24, 8:43 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 8:43 PM CST, 27 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 624 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 251230- 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- 624 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 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 TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING INLAND THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL INITIALLY BE ELEVATED...OCCURRING NORTH OF A WARM FRONT. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL. AS THE FRONT NEARS THE COAST AND MOVES INLAND TOWARD MONDAY MORNING...THE RISK OF SURFACE BASED OR NEAR SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE...WITH ATMOSPHERIC WIND PROFILES FORECAST TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF A RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. THE OVERALL RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS VERY LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A LULL IN ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE AFTER THIS INITIAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BUT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY MONDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO POSE A SEVERE WEATHER RISK...AND THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLINED THE ENTIRE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED. DRY AND COOL WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THE REST OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-251230- 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- 624 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL INITIALLY BE ELEVATED...OCCURRING NORTH OF A WARM FRONT. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL. AS THE FRONT MOVES NORTH THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THE RISK OF SURFACE BASED OR NEAR SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE...WITH ATMOSPHERIC WIND PROFILES FORECAST TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF A RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND WATERSPOUTS. THE OVERALL RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS VERY LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A LULL IN ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY AFTER THIS INITIAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BUT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO SWEEP THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY MONDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO POSE A SEVERE WEATHER RISK. INCREASING SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND STRONG WEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT...HAVE PROMPTED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. THESE WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER MONDAY NIGHT...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOW WATER CONDITIONS TUESDAY MORNING AT THE TIME OF PREDICTED LOW TIDE...AND A LOW WATER ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY...WITH ANOTHER FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH WITHOUT RAINFALL...BUT WILL RESULT IN MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INTO THURSDAY. MODEST OFFSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MARINE INTERESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY....AND BE PREPARED FOR GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. 13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 24, 6:14 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:02 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 43 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 61 min |
| Feb 24, 7:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 8:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 66 min |
| Feb 25, 4:08 AM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 29 hr | |
| Feb 25, 5:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 10 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:01 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Feb 25, 12:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 41 min |
| Feb 25, 12:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 38 min |
| Feb 25, 12:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 47 min |
| Feb 25, 12:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 38 min |
| Feb 25, 12:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 39 min |
| Feb 25, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 46 min |
| Feb 25, 1:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 63 min |
| Feb 25, 1:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 29 min |
| Feb 25, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 55 min |
| Feb 25, 1:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 62 min |
| Feb 25, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 65 min |
| Feb 25, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 31 min |
| Feb 25, 2:35 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:40 PM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 24 hr | |
| Feb 25, 2:40 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 30 hr | |
| Feb 25, 2:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 42 min |
| Feb 25, 2:49 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:05 PM 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.