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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2013, 1:14 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 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, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2013, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 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
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, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:09 AM CDT, 10 hours 5 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, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 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... 25
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:05 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 105 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2013 LAZ033-043>045-061830- ST. LANDRY LA-LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA- 105 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LANDRY...LAFAYETTE...ACADIA AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF SUNSET...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CARENCRO BY 115 PM... ARNAUDVILLE...BREAUX BRIDGE AND CECILIA BY 130 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3046 9177 3024 9188 3031 9216 3043 9209 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Rapides | 115 min |
| Jun 6, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 58 min |
| Jun 6, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Jun 6, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 4:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Orange | 88 min |
| Jun 6, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 80 min |
| Jun 6, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 65 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.