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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 6, 2013Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2013, 12:41 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 6, 2013, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2013, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2013-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2370 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2013-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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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 Jun 6, 9:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:09 AM CDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
309 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-
073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-070815-
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-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-
309 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013

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
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT FROM LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS. STORMS TODAY WILL ALSO PRODUCE NUMEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT TIMES WHICH
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROAD SURFACES. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
WEEKEND. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:01 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:02 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1202 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2013

LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ201-215-216-261-262-070000-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-
EAST CAMERON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-SOUTHERN JASPER-
SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...
WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...
LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...
KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...
BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...
CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...
PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE
1202 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2013

...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...

AROUND 1100 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A
FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR FORKED ISLAND.

ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES INDICATE A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE TROPICAL
AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA...ALONG WITH LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS...ESPECIALLY WHERE RAIN-
COOLED BOUNDARIES...KNOWN AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...AND POSSIBLY AN
AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE COLLIDE.

THESE TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE USUALLY SHORT-LIVED AND DO NOT
REACH THE GROUND. IF THE FUNNEL CLOUD BECOMES MORE SEVERE AND
REACHES THE GROUND...MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR...AND A TORNADO
WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION....TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE...

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 1:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHRapides115 min
Jun 6, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides56 min
Jun 6, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides53 min
Jun 6, 3:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides53 min
Jun 6, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon59 min
Jun 6, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette25 min
Jun 6, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis31 min
Jun 6, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Lafayette58 min
Jun 6, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVermilion46 min
Jun 6, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
Jun 6, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu50 min
Jun 6, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu54 min
Jun 6, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu58 min
Jun 6, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Jun 6, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper, Tyler48 min
Jun 6, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Tyler37 min
Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler35 min
Jun 6, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHOrange32 min
Jun 6, 4:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHOrange88 min
Jun 6, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Tyler80 min
Jun 6, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler63 min
Jun 6, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin65 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.