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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 13, 20145 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2014, 3:06 PM CDT for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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, 3:24 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Port Barre, LA	TREES DOWN ON HWY 190

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 18 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

644 
WUUS54 KLCH 132006
SVRLCH
LAC045-055-097-099-113-132100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0081.141013T2006Z-141013T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
306 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...BAYOU CURRENT...PALMETTO...OPELOUSAS...MELVILLE...
  LEONVILLE...KROTZ SPRINGS...ARNAUDVILLE...
  NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES NEW IBERIA...
  LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...SCOTT...LAFAYETTE...CARENCRO...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...ST. MARTINVILLE...CATAHOULA...BREAUX BRIDGE...
  NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES ABBEVILLE...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...FROM PALMETTO TO 6 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MEAUX...PORT BARRE...MAURICE...YOUNGSVILLE...BROUSSARD...CECILIA...
  JEFFERSON ISLAND...CADE...COTEAU...HENDERSON...ACADIANA REGIONAL
  AIRPORT...ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...LAKE PELBA...BUTTE
  LA ROSE AND LOREAUVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RADAR INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. 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 2996 9169 2996 9229 3024 9220 3024 9218
      3026 9217 3029 9214 3035 9217 3083 9201
      3084 9179 3081 9180 3079 9176 3071 9173
      3061 9175 3051 9173 3050 9170 3045 9164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 271DEG 41KT 3074 9192 2999 9222

$$

K. KUYPER

1 follow-up statement

317 
WWUS54 KLCH 132038
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
338 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

LAC045-055-097-099-113-132100-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-141013T2100Z/
ST. LANDRY LA-LAFAYETTE LA-VERMILION LA-IBERIA LA-ST. MARTIN LA-
338 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN...NORTHWESTERN IBERIA...NORTHEASTERN
VERMILION...LAFAYETTE AND EASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISHES...

AT 335 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 MELVILLE TO JEFFERSON ISLAND..MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HENDERSON...CADE...PARKS...COTEAU...ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE...LAKE PELBA...ST. MARTINVILLE...ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT...
BUTTE LA ROSE...NEW IBERIA...CATAHOULA AND LOREAUVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2996 9169 2996 9221 3023 9212 3027 9211
      3033 9207 3044 9191 3081 9188 3084 9179
      3081 9180 3079 9176 3071 9173 3061 9175
      3051 9173 3050 9170 3045 9164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 271DEG 41KT 3068 9163 2997 9199

$$
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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 Oct 13, 11:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 11:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 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, 10 hours 1 minute 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

Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1252 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

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

1235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NE ROSEPINE           30.95N 93.25W
10/13/2014                   VERNON             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            VERNON PARISH SHERIFF REPORTS TREES DOWN ON HWY 10...
            BAILY RD...PROVIDENCE...LEWIS AND HENRY BASS.

&&

DJONES

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 12:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1259 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

LAZ030-031-041-042-074-TXZ216-262-131900-
BEAUREGARD LA-ALLEN LA-CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-EAST CAMERON LA-
1259 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...CALCASIEU...
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND CAMERON PARISHES...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY
FOR NEWTON AND ORANGE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 1254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STARKS TO
6 MILES EAST OF ORANGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
EDGERLY...BUHLER...CARLYSS...SULPHUR...WESTLAKE AND GILLIS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3041 9312 3043 9310 3044 9290 3004 9289
      3005 9370 3024 9370 3030 9374 3041 9376

K. KUYPER

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 1:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
107 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

LAZ073-074-TXZ215-216-131900-
JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-WEST CAMERON LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
107 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CAMERON PARISH...SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM
CDT...

AT 106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ORANGE TO
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMSHIRE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
PORT NECHES...PORT ACRES...BRIDGE CITY...GROVES...PORT ARTHUR AND SEA
RIM STATE PARK.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND
WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2957 9436 3006 9437 3005 9332 2986 9334
      2984 9330 2987 9325 3005 9329 3004 9289
      2968 9287 2977 9323 2972 9383 2980 9388
      2984 9379 2995 9375 3000 9378 2998 9385
      2982 9396 2968 9384 2967 9403

K. KUYPER

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 2:31 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
231 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

LAZ033-043>045-052-053-074-132030-
ST. LANDRY LA-LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-VERMILION
LA-IBERIA LA-EAST CAMERON LA-
231 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LANDRY...LAFAYETTE...
ACADIA...VERMILION...IBERIA...ST. MARTIN AND CAMERON PARISHES UNTIL
330 PM CDT...

AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF EUNICE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKEFELLER WILDLIFE
RANGE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
CROWLEY...WRIGHT...LYONS POINT...BRANCH...CHURCH POINT AND RAYNE.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 50 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2959 9265 3041 9237 3042 9188 2981 9199
      2976 9208 2978 9215 2977 9221 2969 9217
      2969 9212 2959 9214 2953 9230

K. KUYPER

Local storm report, Oct 13, 2:55 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
255 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

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

0112 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 SW CAMERON            29.77N 93.34W
10/13/2014  M39 MPH          CAMERON            LA   C-MAN STATION

            34 KTS AT CAPL1 AT 112 PM AND AGAIN AT 124 PM

&&

ATINGLER

Local storm report, Oct 13, 3:01 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
301 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

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

1255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROSEPINE                30.92N 93.28W
10/13/2014                   VERNON             LA   911 CALL CENTER

            911 RELAYED REPORT OF TREES DOWN

1255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PITKIN                  30.94N 92.94W
10/13/2014                   VERNON             LA   911 CALL CENTER

            911 RELAYED REPORT OF SNAPPED POWER LINES IN PITKIN

0115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GLENMORA                30.97N 92.58W
10/13/2014                   RAPIDES            LA   911 CALL CENTER

            911 RELAYED REPORT OF A TREE DOWN

0153 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKE CHARLES            30.21N 93.20W
10/13/2014                   CALCASIEU          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE REPORTED DOWN

0200 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VILLE PLATTE            30.69N 92.28W
10/13/2014                   EVANGELINE         LA   911 CALL CENTER

            911 RELAYED REPORT OF TREES DOWN ON HWY 363

0208 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARKSVILLE              31.13N 92.06W
10/13/2014                   AVOYELLES          LA   911 CALL CENTER

            911 CENTER RELAYED REPORT OF A TREE DOWN

&&

TWH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 3:43 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		38 hr
Oct 13, 3:49 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 2 more	15 hr
Oct 13, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	52 min
Oct 13, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	62 min
Oct 13, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	59 min
Oct 13, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	61 min
Oct 13, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		117 min
Oct 13, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	53 min
Oct 13, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline	57 min
Oct 13, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	63 min
Oct 13, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	53 min
Oct 13, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Landry, Saint Martin	54 min
Oct 13, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	59 min
Oct 13, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		89 min
Oct 13, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia	64 min
Oct 13, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		63 min
Oct 13, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		117 min
Oct 13, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		95 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.