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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 6, 2013Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2013, 6:32 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2013, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 6, 6:33 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	7 N Vidor, TX
Jun 6, 6:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wsw De Quincy, LA	DELAYED REPORT FROM OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE THAT OBSERVED 2 TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 12 NEAR DEQUINCY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 6, 7:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Vinton, LA	VINTON PD REPORTED SEVERAL SMALL TREES ACROSS ROADWAY.
Jun 6, 7:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sulphur, LA	CALCASIEU EM REPORTED POWER POLES DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF SUPHUR ON PICARD ST.
Jun 6, 7:23 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	4 Se Carlyss, LA	REPORT FROM TUGBOAT CAPTAIN ON MOSS LAKE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 6, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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: 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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The text

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

794 
WUUS54 KLCH 062332
SVRLCH
LAC011-019-TXC199-241-351-361-070030-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0071.130606T2332Z-130607T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
632 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES...EVADALE...BUNA...
  SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES DEWEYVILLE...
  NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES...WEST ORANGE...VIDOR...ORANGE...MAURICEVILLE...
  SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  WESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...WESTLAKE...VINTON...SULPHUR...STARKS...MOSS
  BLUFF...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...OVER EVADALE...MOVING EAST AT
  50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAURICEVILLE AND DEVILS POCKET BY 640 PM CDT...
  HARTBURG...FOREST HEIGHTS AND DEWEYVILLE BY 645 PM CDT...
  STARKS...ORANGE AND WEST ORANGE BY 650 PM CDT...
  LUNITA BY 655 PM CDT...
  VINTON BY 700 PM 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 1000 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3059 9394 3036 9316 3004 9332 3005 9360
      3013 9411 3017 9412 3019 9420 3018 9422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 289DEG 43KT 3030 9395

$$

RUA

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, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
352 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2013

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT IS MOVING INTO OUR FORECAST AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED OVER OUR WESTERN ZONES
THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OR ENTRANCE
REGION OF A SUBTROPICAL JET STREAK. A SEVERE TSTM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. A SUPPORTING UPPER
LEVEL TROF WILL PASS THE EASTERN ZONES BEFORE SUNRISE. MOISTURE
AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN WITH DECENT UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE
INTO FRIDAY MORNING SO RAIN WILL BE SLOW TO END FROM THE WEST.

&&

.SHORT TERM...BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS TO
BE OVER CEN LA EXTENDING INTO THE ACADIANA AREA TNITE WITH THE
AFOREMENTIONED MOISTURE AND LIFT. THETA RIDGING AND SHORTWAVE
ENERGY WILL ADD TO OUR CHANCES AS WELL.

&&

.LONG TERM...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS THE UPPER TROF HANGS OVER THE AREA.
EVENTUALLY EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL SEE SOME UPPER LEVEL RIDGING FROM
THE WEST COMBINING WITH A REESTABLISHING BERMUDA RIDGE AT THE
SURFAC TO GIVE US A DRY UPCOMING WORK WEEK.

SWEENEY

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  70  86  69  86  76 /  50  20  10  20  10
KBPT  74  87  70  89  75 /  40  20  10  10  10
KAEX  68  88  67  90  69 /  60  20  10  10  10
KLFT  69  89  68  90  73 /  50  30  10  20  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...SVR TSTM WATCH 284 UNTIL 10 PM.
GM...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:09 AM CDT, 15 hours 23 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

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
331 PM CDT THU JUN 06 2013

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

0318 PM     HAIL             BUNA                    30.44N 93.96W
06/06/2013  E0.50 INCH       JASPER             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MOGGED

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
341 PM CDT THU JUN 06 2013

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

0330 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND 4 SE INTRACOASTAL CITY  29.74N 92.11W
06/06/2013  E40 MPH          VERMILION          LA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            REPORT FROM LELAND BOWMAN LOCK AND DAM.

&&

MOGGED

Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
504 PM CDT THU JUN 06 2013

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

0410 PM     HAIL             ORANGE                  30.10N 93.76W
06/06/2013  E0.25 INCH       ORANGE             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ORANGE PD REPORTS LOTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL.

&&

MOGGED

Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
526 PM CDT THU JUN 06 2013

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

0516 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLMESNEIL              30.91N 94.42W
06/06/2013                   TYLER              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM COLMESNEIL
            TO WOODVILLE.

&&

MOGGED

Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:55 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
555 PM CDT THU JUN 06 2013

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

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JASPER                  30.92N 94.00W
06/06/2013                   JASPER             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE JASPER
            AREA.

&&

MOGGED

Local storm report, Jun 6, 6:23 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
623 PM CDT THU JUN 06 2013

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

0115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOSS BLUFF              30.30N 93.20W
06/06/2013                   CALCASIEU          LA   PUBLIC

            A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE MOSS BLUFF AREA

&&

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, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	31 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, 6:56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.