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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2014, 1:13 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 26, 2014, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2014, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Vernon Parish, LA, Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1030 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 26, 11:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 11:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:38 AM CDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 538 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 271045- 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- 538 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TODAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH LINGERS OVER THE REGION. WITH AMPLE MOISTURE OVER THE AREA...STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OR HIGH RAINFALL RATES WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AS A RESULT...MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. NO WIDESPREAD OR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON FRIDAY. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ISOLATED BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-271045- 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- 538 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS COULD CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1 NM. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WEST OF CAMERON TONIGHT...AND SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND AS WINDS AND SEAS REMAIN ELEVATED. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. OTHERWISE...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 NM THE MAIN HAZARDS IN STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 24
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
113 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
LAZ027-TXZ180-201-259-260-262015-
HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-TYLER TX-VERNON LA-
113 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERNON PARISH...SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON AND TYLER COUNTIES
UNTIL 315 PM CDT...
AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SLAGLE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ANACOCO TO 10 MILES EAST OF
BROOKELAND TO 6 MILES WEST OF EBENEZER TO FRED TO 6 MILES WEST OF
SARATOGA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
HUTTON...TOLEDO BEND DAM...VILLAGE MILLS...ANACOCO...SPURGER AND TOWN
BLUFF.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 35 TO 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.
THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
LAT...LON 3050 9455 3102 9465 3106 9457 3104 9445
3116 9392 3117 9358 3128 9354 3128 9345
3137 9339 3137 9303 3132 9288 3127 9285
3077 9386 3018 9463 3047 9473 3050 9473
LANDRENEAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 114 min | |
| Jun 26, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 59 min |
| Jun 26, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 22 min |
| Jun 26, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 54 min | |
| Jun 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2014Special Weather Statements in Louisiana, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014
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.