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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 6, 2014Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Apr 6, 2014, 11:03 PM CDT for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2014, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 1705 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 6.1

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 6, 9:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 9:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 6:41 AM CDT, 16 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
641 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2014

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-
073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-071145-
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-
641 AM CDT SUN APR 6 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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 63 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

AREAS OF RAINS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. AS MOIST RIDES UP AND OVER A
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE WILL BE A
THREAT THAT SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TODAY. RAINS TODAY WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
STORMS TAPERING OFF ON MONDAY BEHIND THE WIND SHIFT AS THE NEXT
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. STORMS ENDING BY THE LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. COOL AND DRY THROUGH THE
REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 9:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
943 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014

LAZ031>033-042-043-070345-
ST. LANDRY LA-EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-ACADIA LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
943 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LANDRY...EVANGELINE...
ALLEN...ACADIA AND JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE ISLAND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...PINE
ISLAND...HATHAWAY...ELTON...BASILE...DURALDE AND EUNICE.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3083 9233 3057 9216 3022 9278 3038 9291

RUA

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 9:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
952 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014

LAZ045-052>055-070345-
UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-LOWER ST. MARTIN LA-VERMILION LA-IBERIA LA-
ST. MARY LA-
952 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERMILION...ST. MARY...IBERIA AND
ST. MARTIN PARISHES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...HENRY...
ERATH...DELCAMBRE...JEFFERSON ISLAND...AVERY ISLAND AND WEEKS ISLAND.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 2972 9187 2976 9189 2982 9184 2982 9197
      2979 9198 2971 9214 2970 9209 2966 9212
      2962 9207 2960 9210 2981 9227 3029 9160
      3025 9156 3023 9147 3011 9146 3011 9139
      3006 9136 3006 9127 3004 9125

RUA

Local storm report, Apr 6, 9:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
954 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2014

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

0844 PM     HAIL             3 S KIRBYVILLE          30.61N 93.90W
04/06/2014  E0.50 INCH       JASPER             TX   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC POSTED A FACEBOOK PICTURE OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL JUST
            SOUTH OF KIRBYVILLE TX. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

DJONES

Local storm report, Apr 6, 10:58 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1058 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2014

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

1000 PM     HAIL             BALL                    31.42N 92.41W
04/06/2014  E0.25 INCH       RAPIDES            LA   PUBLIC

            KALB RELAYED A PUBLIC REPORT OF PEA SIZE HAIL IN BALL.

&&

DJONES

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 11:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1100 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014

LAZ044-045-052-053-070500-
LAFAYETTE LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-VERMILION LA-IBERIA LA-
1100 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...VERMILION...IBERIA
AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1058 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ESTHER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...HENRY...
ERATH...DELCAMBRE...AVERY ISLAND...JEFFERSON ISLAND AND COTEAU.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 2982 9189 2981 9192 2982 9197 2979 9198
      2975 9209 2984 9219 3036 9163 3025 9158
      3024 9149 3023 9147 3020 9148 3019 9146
      3011 9147 3010 9145

RUA

Special weather statement, Apr 6, 11:03 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1103 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014

LAZ052-070430-
VERMILION LA-
1103 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERMILION PARISH UNTIL 1130 PM
CDT...

AT 1102 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF PECAN ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...PECAN
ISLAND...FRESHWATER CITY...FORKED ISLAND AND INTRACOASTAL CITY.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 2954 9236 2956 9252 2960 9258 2992 9224
      2973 9211 2971 9213 2970 9209 2967 9212
      2964 9211 2952 9232

RUA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	60 min
Apr 6, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	66 min
Apr 6, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	62 min
Apr 6, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	53 min
Apr 6, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		21 min
Apr 6, 10:04 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
Apr 6, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		53 min
Apr 6, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	60 min
Apr 6, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin	41 min
Apr 7, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
Apr 7, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	55 min
Apr 7, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	35 min
Apr 7, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	62 min
Apr 7, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Apr 7, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia	41 min
Apr 7, 2:22 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		53 min
Apr 7, 3:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	55 min
Apr 7, 4:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		66 min
Apr 7, 3:33 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		36 hr
Apr 6, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	63 min

Nearby

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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.