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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 10, 20149 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2014, 5:05 AM CDT for 9 parishes in Louisiana; Hardin County, Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 115 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: Jun 10, 2014, 5:05 AM CDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Avoyelles Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 234 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jun 10, 4:12 AM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 4:12 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:54 AM CDT, 23 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
554 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-
073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-101100-
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-
554 AM CDT MON JUN 9 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
THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE
TODAY WITH THE APPROACH OF A MID/UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. A STORM OR TWO COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WHEN THE
SYSTEM ALOFT MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. LIKE TODAY...A STORM OR
TWO COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY
CONCERN INTO TONIGHT. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY LOOK DRY AS A WEAK
RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION ALOFT...BUT MAINLY AFTERNOON RAIN
CHANCES RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE ALOFT
APPROACHES THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:05 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	2 hr
Jun 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Vernon	2 hr
Jun 10, 6:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more	115 min
Jun 10, 7:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	117 min
Jun 10, 7:53 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		97 min
Jun 10, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	5 days
Jun 10, 8:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 2 more	115 min
Jun 10, 8:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	54 min
Jun 10, 9:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Jun 10, 9:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	63 min
Jun 10, 10:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	25 min
Jun 10, 10:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Jun 10, 10:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	110 min
Jun 10, 11:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		57 min
Jun 10, 2:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	53 hr
Jun 10, 2:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	31 hr
Jun 10, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Sabine	2 hr

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.