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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2014, 11:50 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 2 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
- Oct 13, 2014, 11:50 AM CDT (16:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2014, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 12:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jasper, TX | SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Oct 13, 12:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jasper, TX | TREES REPORTED DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY |
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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 2118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
484
WUUS54 KLCH 131650
SVRLCH
TXC241-351-457-131745-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0074.141013T1650Z-141013T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1150 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES...KIRBYVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES...NEWTON...CALL...BURKEVILLE...BON WEIR...
SOUTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES FRED...
* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
* AT 1149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURKEVILLE TO
CALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
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.
RADAR INDICATED ROTATION WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE WARNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3110 9355 3110 9356 3107 9353 3101 9356
3100 9358 3098 9356 3097 9358 3097 9356
3090 9356 3088 9358 3087 9356 3080 9358
3055 9374 3055 9427 3115 9399 3118 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 277DEG 43KT 3108 9349 3057 9373
$$
K. KUYPER2 follow-up statements
906
WWUS54 KLCH 131716
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1216 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
TXC241-351-457-131745-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-141013T1745Z/
NEWTON TX-TYLER TX-JASPER TX-
1216 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN JASPER...SOUTHEASTERN TYLER AND NEWTON COUNTIES...
AT 1213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON RADAR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF STRINGTOWN TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TROUT CREEK..MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3110 9355 3110 9356 3107 9353 3101 9356
3100 9358 3098 9356 3097 9358 3097 9356
3090 9356 3088 9358 3087 9356 3080 9358
3055 9374 3055 9427 3115 9399 3118 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 257DEG 29KT 3095 9345 3057 9368
$$
66527
WWUS54 KLCH 131724
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1224 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
TXC241-457-131734-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-141013T1745Z/
TYLER TX-JASPER TX-
1224 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN JASPER AND
SOUTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3110 9356 3107 9353 3100 9358 3098 9356
3097 9358 3097 9356 3090 9356 3088 9358
3087 9356 3080 9358 3055 9374 3055 9388
3070 9388 3110 9362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 257DEG 29KT 3096 9339 3058 9362
$$
TXC351-131745-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-141013T1745Z/
NEWTON TX-
1224 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...
AT 1222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON RADAR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES EAST OF STRINGTOWN TO 11 MILES EAST OF TROUT
CREEK..MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3110 9356 3107 9353 3100 9358 3098 9356
3097 9358 3097 9356 3090 9356 3088 9358
3087 9356 3080 9358 3055 9374 3055 9388
3070 9388 3110 9362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 257DEG 29KT 3096 9339 3058 9362
$$
TINGLERWhat 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 Oct 13, 11:22 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 11:22 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1122 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
.UPDATE...
SQUALL LINE EXTENDS FROM N CNTL LA ACRS TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR SW
TO CONROE AND HOUSTON. KLCH 12Z SOUNDING SHOWS HELICITY BETWEEN
200-300 M2/S2 WITH VALUES IN EXCESS OF 400 PER KSHV SOUNDING. GIVEN
THIS...ALONG WITH DECENT LOW LVL WIND SHEAR AND ADDITIONAL
DESTABILIZATION FM DAYTIME HEATING...CONDITIONS REMAIN QUITE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WX THIS AFTN WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS ALONG WITH A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPC
HAS RECENTLY ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 536 FOR MOST OF THE CWA THROUGH
7 PM THIS EVENING.
OTHER THAN THE UPDATE TO ADD THE WATCH HEADLINE...MADE SOME MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS/WX FOR TODAY...BASED ON THE LATEST NAM12 AND
HRRR GUIDANCE WITH SLIGHT TWEAKS FOR TIMING...BUT OVERALL
REMAINDER OF FCST IS ON TRACK. 24
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 654 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014/
AVIATION...A PREFRONTAL SQUALL LINE NORTHWEST OF LUFKIN IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO A ZONE OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET. GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS APPEAR POSSIBLE STARTING
AROUND MID-MORNING AT AEX WHERE MVFR CIGS HAVE ALREADY APPEARED.
EXPECTING MVFR CIGS AND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS TO PUSH INTO BPT AND LCH ALSO
AROUND MID-MORNING. STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS WITH THE SQUALL LINE BY
EARLY AFTERNOON INTO BPT, AEX, AND LCH. LATE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR
LFT AND ARA.
THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING CLEARING SKIES AND NORTHWEST WINDS TO
THE TERMINALS DURING THE EVENING. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE TNITE.
SWEENEY
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 427 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014/
SYNOPSIS...
A SOUTHERN PLAINS COLD FRONT WILL TRAVEL SOUTH AND EAST...
MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY LATE AFTERNOON...BEFORE EXITING
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
FURTHER UP...A DEEP WESTERLY TROUGH WILL PROPAGATE EASTWARD
ACROSS THE WESTERN UPPER GULF COAST STATES TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
THE INGREDIENTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE PLACE ACROSS THE WARM
SECTOR WEDGE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE INSTABILITY WILL BE ADEQUATE BY MIDDAY.
SURFACE-BASED CAPES WILL BE RUNNING ABOUT 2000 J PER KG. THE WEAK
CAPPING INVERSION (AROUND 5000 FT) WILL WASH OUT.
THE COMBINED LIFT WILL BE ADEQUATE.
PRE-FRONTAL LIFT WILL PHASE-IN WITH SYNOPTIC LIFT (ENHANCED
DIVERGENCE ALOFT) ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING WESTERLY TROUGH.
THE SHEAR WILL BE ADEQUATE.
THE NAM FORECAST SOUNDING DEPICTS HORSESHOE HODOGRAPHS IN THE LOWER
LEVELS...A MODEST ROTATIONAL POTENTIAL...ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
THE MOISTURE WILL BE ADEQUATE.
PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL BE RUNNING ABOUT 2 INCHES...ABOUT TWO
STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID OCTOBER. VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BRING ABOUT LOCALIZED FLOODING.
21
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 83 56 74 52 / 70 50 10 0
KBPT 85 56 76 52 / 90 20 10 0
KAEX 84 55 73 51 / 100 50 10 0
KLFT 86 57 74 52 / 100 80 10 0
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ACADIA-CALCASIEU-
EAST CAMERON-IBERIA-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST.
MARTIN-ST. MARY-UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-WEST CAMERON.
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR JEFFERSON-ORANGE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 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 INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON
LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND
TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 5:05 AM CDT, 6 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 505 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 GMZ430-432-435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215- 216-259>262-141115- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-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- 505 AM CDT MON OCT 13 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 A TRAVELING GREAT PLAINS COLD FRONT WILL ENTER SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY MIDAFTERNOON TODAY...BEFORE EXITING SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY MIDEVENING TONIGHT. NUMEROUS PRE-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE PRIMARY THREAT. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER SHOWERS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL MARSHES AND I-10 PRAIRIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-141115- 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- 505 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A TRAVELING GREAT PLAINS COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE WESTERN COASTAL WATERS BY LATE AFTERNOON TODAY...BEFORE EXITING SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. NUMEROUS PRE-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. LOCAL VISIBILITIES BELOW 3 NM ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER SHOWERS. IN ADDITION...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 13, 10:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1016 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
TXZ180-201-259>261-131615-
HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-TYLER TX-
SOUTHERN JASPER TX-
1016 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...NEWTON...TYLER AND
JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT...
AT 1012 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF ROCKLAND TO 31
MILES WEST OF WILDWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
COLMESNEIL...WOODVILLE...EBENEZER...IVANHOE...SAM RAYBURN DAM AND
HILLISTER.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 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.
LAT...LON 3106 9457 3104 9445 3112 9405 3114 9404
3115 9401 3116 9387 3048 9390 3050 9455
3085 9463 3088 9462 3089 9464 3101 9467
K. KUYPERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 3:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | 15 hr | |
| Oct 13, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 59 min |
| Oct 13, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 55 min |
| Oct 13, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 55 min |
| Oct 13, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 62 min |
| Oct 13, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 53 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.