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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 10, 2013Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2013, 1:53 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 67 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: May 10, 2013, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 24 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

154 
WUUS54 KLCH 100653
SVRLCH
LAC019-023-053-100800-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0046.130510T0653Z-130510T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
153 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  EASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...GRAND
  CHENIER...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 154 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...13 MILES WEST OF LACASSINE
  NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HACKETTS CORNER BY 200 AM CDT...
  GIBBSTOWN BY 205 AM CDT...
  CREOLE BY 210 AM CDT...
  LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 215 AM CDT...
  GRAND CHENIER AND LOWRY BY 230 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY INDOORS...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.

LAT...LON 2984 9333 2986 9333 2985 9336 2987 9337
      2987 9340 2988 9340 2995 9334 2986 9333
      2984 9330 2986 9325 2991 9325 2996 9328
      3001 9328 3010 9319 3004 9264 2966 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0654Z 298DEG 25KT 2998 9314

$$

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1 follow-up statement

562 
WWUS54 KLCH 100731
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
231 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

LAC019-100741-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-130510T0800Z/
CALCASIEU LA-
231 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH
IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 2969 9295 2972 9298 2971 9299 2973 9301
      2972 9302 2974 9306 2974 9307 2984 9333
      2985 9333 2985 9326 2990 9325 3007 9293
      3004 9264 2966 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0731Z 298DEG 25KT 2990 9296

$$

LAC023-053-100800-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-130510T0800Z/
JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-CAMERON LA-
231 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN CAMERON AND SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES...

AT 230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON RADAR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND CHENIER BY 240 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

&&

LAT...LON 2969 9295 2972 9298 2971 9299 2973 9301
      2972 9302 2974 9306 2974 9307 2984 9333
      2985 9333 2985 9326 2990 9325 3007 9293
      3004 9264 2966 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0731Z 298DEG 25KT 2990 9296

$$

JT

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 May 10, 12:53 AM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 12:53 AM CDT, 1 hour before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1253 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

.DISCUSSION...
FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE.

&&

.AVIATION...
LOCAL 88DS SHOW WIDESPREAD RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA
ATTM...ALONG WITH NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE HIGHWAY
165 AND I-10 CORRIDORS. THE NAME OF THE GAME WITH THIS TAF
ISSUANCE IS BASICALLY TIMING THE CONVECTION AS IT PUSHES EWD
ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. OUTSIDE OF THE
RAIN...EXPECT IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS IN LOW CEILINGS. AFTER A BIT OF
A RESPITE DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS...SHOULD SEE
MORE CONVECTION FIRE ACROSS THE REGION THANKS TO COPIOUS GULF
MOISTURE/GOOD INSTABILITY/NUMEROUS LEFTOVER MESOSCALE
BOUNDARIES/ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY ALOFT.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1024 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013/

UPDATE...NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUT FOR THE AREA
PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-10. WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM.
DID REISSUE WCN WHICH ORIGINALLY INCLUDED LOWER ST MARTIN. DESPITE
RATHER VIGOROUS LOOKING THUNDERSTORMS ON RADAR...ACTIVITY HAS BEEN
RELATIVELY WELL BEHAVED. HEAVY RAINS AND EXTREME AMOUNTS OF CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN THE RULE.

CONTINUE TO ANTICIPATE ONGOING CONVECTION TO BUILD FURTHER
SOUTH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CURRENT POPS LOOK GOOD AT THIS
TIME. NO UPDATE COMING.

MARCOTTE

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 411 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013/

DISCUSSION...CAPPING HAS HELD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND NO
MORE THAN A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES CURRENTLY ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. MAIN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS NOW OVER CENTRAL TEXAS
IN THE FORM OF A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING RAPIDLY EAST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN PLACE FOR
THIS AREA...AND MAY BE SEEING ANOTHER WATCH FURTHER EAST THAT MAY
IMPACT THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA. OTHERWISE...

MID-TEXAS ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE TROF.
CONVECTION CURRENTLY ALIGNED ALONG A ZONE OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
MOVING ALONG WITH AFOREMENTIONED FEATURE. LATEST HIGH-RES
MODELS...BACKED UP BY MOST OF THE GLOBAL MODELS...SUGGESTING
CONVECTION TO BE MAINTAINED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS IT
TRACKS EAST...WHILE CONTINUING A SOUTHWARD DEVELOPMENT. THUS
HAVE BUMPED UP POPS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA TO 70 PERCENT. SPC CURRENTLY
CARRYING THE AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE...AND HAS JUST NOW
ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. DAMAGING HAIL AND WINDS WILL BE TH PRIMARY
THREAT BUT CANNOT TOTALLY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

SOMEWHAT MORE CHALLENGING FOR FRIDAYS FORECAST. AT THIS TIME WILL
CARRY CHANCE POPS FOR THE MORNING HOURS IN THE WAKE OF THE THIS
INITIAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY. BUMPED RAIN CHANCES BACK UP TO LIKELY
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY CONTINUING TO
MIGRATE ACROSS THE AREA DURING MAX HEATING AND DESTABILIZATION.
RAIN CHANCES THEN CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY WITH APPROACH OF NORTHERN
STREAM TROF ALONG WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. SPC CONTINUES THE
AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR FRIDAY.

SOMEWHAT COOLER AND MUCH DRIER AIR WILL THEN BECOME REESTABLISHED
OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE NEW WEEK. NEXT RAIN
CHANCE ARRIVES THURSDAY.

MARINE...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ALOFT
MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST GULF SATURDAY...BRINGING A GRADUAL END TO RAINS WHILE WINDS
RETURN TO NORTHERLY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  68  76  65  78  59 /  50  50  20  10  10
KBPT  67  77  65  79  61 /  50  50  20  10  10
KAEX  65  76  61  80  56 /  50  40  20  10  10
KLFT  67  78  65  78  59 /  50  50  30  10  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 5:23 PM CDT, 8 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
523 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
102230-
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-
523 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS
AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK
...AS TRAVELING DISTURBANCES ALOFT CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION.
A COLD FRONT WILL TRAVEL SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA
ON SATURDAY...WITH RAIN COMING TO AN END ON SUNDAY. T

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-102230-
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-
523 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL
WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE WESTERN
COASTAL SEGMENT BY EARLY MORNING SATURDAY...TRAVELING THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL WATERS BY MIDMORNING SATURDAY. RAIN WILL
BE COMING TO AN END WITH PASSAGE OF COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 1:02 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
102 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1245 AM     HAIL             ORANGE                  30.10N 93.76W
05/10/2013  M1.00 INCH       ORANGE             TX   PUBLIC

            REPORT OF QUARTER-SIZED HAIL IN ORANGE

&&

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Local storm report, May 10, 1:09 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
109 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0103 AM     HAIL             5 S LAKE CHARLES        30.14N 93.20W
05/10/2013  M0.75 INCH       CALCASIEU          LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            MARBLE TO PENNY-SIZED HAIL FALLING AT THE OFFICE. OTHER
            REPORTS FROM JUST SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES AS WELL.

&&

25

Local storm report, May 10, 1:11 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
111 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     HAIL             4 SSW LAKE CHARLES      30.16N 93.23W
05/10/2013  M1.00 INCH       CALCASIEU          LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            REPORT OF QUARTER-SIZED HAIL NEAR GAUTHIER ROAD SOUTH OF
            LAKE CHARLES

&&

25

Local storm report, May 10, 1:14 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
114 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 AM     HAIL             LAKE CHARLES            30.21N 93.20W
05/10/2013  E1.00 INCH       CALCASIEU          LA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER-SIZED HAIL ON 5TH AVENUE IN LAKE
            CHARLES. NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS OF MARBLE TO PENNY-SIZED
            HAIL FROM SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE CHARLES.

&&

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Local storm report, May 10, 1:18 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
118 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0105 AM     HAIL             2 SSW LAKE CHARLES      30.18N 93.22W
05/10/2013  E1.25 INCH       CALCASIEU          LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NUMEROUS REPORTS OF QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR-SIZED HAIL
            FROM SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE CHARLES.

&&

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Special weather statement, May 10, 1:36 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
136 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

LAZ041-042-073-074-100730-
CALCASIEU LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-WEST CAMERON LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
136 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS AND
CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...

AT 134 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
WEST OF FENTON TO LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT TO SABINE NATIONAL
WILDLIFE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HEBERTS MARINA AND IOWA BY 145 AM...
  FENTON BY 150 AM...

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.

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 400 AM FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2987 9337 2987 9342 2986 9344 2986 9367
      3040 9329 3040 9287 2993 9325 2994 9327
      3003 9328 3005 9330 3004 9332 2986 9334
      2986 9336

LANDRENEAU

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	56 min
May 9, 10:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	110 min
May 9, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	52 min
May 9, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	67 min
May 9, 11:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	35 min
May 10, 12:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	27 min
May 10, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	55 min
May 10, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron	57 min
May 10, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	55 min
May 10, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 1 more	53 min
May 10, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more	2 hr
May 10, 1:36 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		54 min
May 10, 1:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	54 min
May 10, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	65 min
May 10, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	62 min
May 10, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry	65 min
May 10, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		83 min
May 10, 3:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion	88 min
May 10, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		2 hr
May 10, 4:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	30 hr
May 10, 5:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	59 min
May 10, 5:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		2 hr
May 10, 12:49 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
May 10, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
May 10, 1:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu	107 min
May 10, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		57 min
May 10, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		87 min
May 10, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	3 hr
May 10, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		50 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Lafayette	4 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.