Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA

601 
WWUS54 KLCH 041152
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
652 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

LAC009-079-041200-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/
RAPIDES LA-AVOYELLES LA-
652 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN AVOYELLES AND NORTHEASTERN RAPIDES PARISHES...

AT 649 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON RADAR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EFFIE..MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED PARISH.

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 1100 AM CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

&&

LAT...LON 3126 9260 3132 9254 3139 9244 3145 9237
      3148 9223 3147 9216 3141 9215 3136 9207
      3134 9207 3135 9203 3132 9200 3112 9226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1152Z 295DEG 25KT 3125 9213

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
548 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

.DISCUSSION...
SHRA/TSRA HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY/AREAL COVERAGE AS THE FRONT
CONTINUES TO MOVE SE...NOW JUST ENTERING THE LAKES REGION OF
INLAND SE TX. WITH AMPLE INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND LATEST
MODEL TRENDS SHOWING A BOWING FEATURE OF THIS LINE IN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS HAVE PROMPTED SPC TO ISSUE AN ADDITIONAL SVR WATCH #62 FOR
THE REMAINDER OF C AND SC LA. UPDATES ALREADY OUT.

DML

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014/

DISCUSSION...
CURRENT SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE COLD FRONT FINALLY MAKING PROGRESS
ACROSS NE TX...WITH SHRA/TSRA BEGINNING TO FILL IN ALONG AND
AHEAD OF IT. TEMPS HOLDING IN THE LOWER 70S AHEAD OF IT.

FOR THE FORECAST TODAY...FRONT WILL CONTINUE SE...ALONG WITH
SHRA/TSRA ENHANCEMENT AS IT MOVES THRU SE TX/C AND S LA. STILL
UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SVR TSRA THRU DAYBREAK...WITH DECENT
INSTABILITY AHEAD OF IT. SPC NOW ISSUING A SVR WATCH 60 FOR SE TX
AND PORTIONS OF SW AND C LA THRU 11 AM. OTHERWISE...HEALTHY POPS
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT MOVES FURTHER INTO THE GULF WITH COOLER AND
SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR FILTERS BEHIND IT.

WITH THE FRONT BECOMING STATIONARY ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
..OVER-RUNNING SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE OFFSHORE...WITH SKIES
NOT EXPECTED TO CLEAR ACROSS OUR REGION. THE WIND PATTERN ALOFT
REMAINING FROM THE WSW WILL KEEP THE DOOR OPEN FOR THE NEXT
SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCE TO BRING ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA
FOR SAT AFTERNOON INTO LATE SUN AS A FRONTAL WAVE/LOW DEVELOPS SAT
NIGHT AND MOVES NE SUN.

FOLLOWING THE EXIT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE END OF THE PRECIP
AND SEASONABLE TEMPS FOR MON. MINOR SHORTWAVE MAY GENERATE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA FOR TUE...WITH NO PRECIP EXPECTED FOR WED
AND THU.

MARINE...
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON AS A THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA...AND LINGER
INTO FRIDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO AND THEN STALLS OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS. INCREASED CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL COME FOR THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND
SURFACE LOW AFFECTS THE COASTAL WATERS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  78  56  67  56  73 /  70  10  60  70  70
KBPT  77  56  66  58  71 /  70  10  60  70  70
KAEX  76  51  67  53  67 /  70  10  60  70  70
KLFT  81  57  68  57  75 /  70  20  60  70  70

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
415 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-
073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-051100-
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-
415 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

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 ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL
AFFECT THE REGION THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...GRADUALLY
ENDING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WILL DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN
WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INDUCE A FRONTAL WAVE OR LOW
AND INCREASE THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WEEKEND...ENDING BY SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS THE
DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE ON
TUESDAY...WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
345 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

LAZ027-TXZ259-260-040945-
NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-VERNON LA-
345 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERNON PARISH...SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT...

AT 340 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF BROWNDELL...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
BROWNDELL...HARRISBURG...FARRSVILLE...MAYFLOWER...WIERGATE AND
BURKEVILLE.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A
SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3094 9342 3099 9414 3110 9414 3112 9405
      3114 9404 3116 9392 3118 9363 3117 9358
      3120 9355 3124 9356 3128 9354 3128 9345
      3132 9342

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
513 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

LAZ030-TXZ180-201-259>262-041115-
HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-TYLER TX-
BEAUREGARD LA-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-
513 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH...SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON AND TYLER COUNTIES
UNTIL 615 AM CDT...

AT 506 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BURKEVILLE
TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SARATOGA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
MT. UNION...ROGANVILLE...BURKEVILLE...KOUNTZE...CANEY HEAD AND
NEWTON.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA
SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3048 9473 3049 9453 3081 9462 3117 9376
      3118 9363 3119 9362 3091 9362 3038 9378
      3021 9421 3011 9460

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