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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2014, 3:21 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 54 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
- Jul 2, 2014, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Allen Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 2402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 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 Jul 2, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1252 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 .DISCUSSION... FOR THE 18Z TAF PACKAGE. && .AVIATION... STILL A LITTLE HAZY ACROSS THE AREA...THOUGH VSBYS HAVE GENERALLY IMPROVED TO VFR. MVFR CIG NOTED AT KBPT...BUT EXPECT THAT THIS WILL BE TEMPORARY AND IMPROVE AT LEAST WHEN THE SEA BREEZE EVIDENT IN RADAR IMAGERY PUSHES THROUGH. ISOLATED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE COVERAGE/PROBABILITY PRECLUDE MENTION IN THE TAFS. FOR THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT PERIOD...WENT GENERALLY WITH A BLEND OF LATEST GUIDANCE AND PERSISTENCE...SHOWING REDUCED VSBYS AT KBPT-KLCH-KAEX IMPROVING TO VFR THU MORNING. 13 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 656 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014/ DISCUSSION... FOR 12Z TAF ISSUANCE. AVIATION... SFC OBS FROM AROUND THE AREA SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT FOG LINGERING PAST SUNRISE...WITH KBPT SHOOTING UP FROM A PERSISTENT VLIFR STATE JUST BEFORE ISSUANCE TIME. EXPECT WE WILL SEE SOME SPORADIC MVFR FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO BEFORE THE LIGHT FOG BURNS OFF AND VFR TAKES OVER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THE SFC HIGH IS PROGGED TO MEANDER OVERHEAD THROUGH TODAY SO LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SEA BREEZE KICKS IN AND SHIFTS WINDS TO AN ONSHORE DIRECTION. CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT KAEX LATER THIS EVENING BUT COVERAGE LOOKS SO SLIM ATTM THAT ANY MENTION HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR NOW. 25 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 336 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014/ DISCUSSION...MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE POPS ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS MORNING'S WATER VAPOR SHOWS UPPER LOW ROTATING OVER THE WEST CENTRAL GULF. CONVECTION IS MOSTLY CONCENTRATED AROUND THIS SYSTEM. AT THE SURFACE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS STALLED TEMPORARILY OVER THE ARKLATEX/N TEXAS AND SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS CONTINUED OVERNIGHT ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. FOR TODAY...WILL KEEP POPS BELOW 15 PERCENT AS A FEW LATE DAY SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD DEVELOP MAINLY OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA. BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS FRONT MOVES SOUTH AND WEST GULF UPPER LOW MOVES NORTH. WILL MAINTAIN HIGHEST POPS ON THURSDAY AND THEN GRADUALLY LOWER POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WILL KEEP LOW POPS FOR DIURNAL SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK PER PREVIOUS FORECASTS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL MOST OF THIS CYCLE. MARINE...LIGHT AND LOW SEAS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AREAS REMAIN OVER THE GULF. MAY SEE INCREASED LATE NIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER THE GULF BEGINNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH APPROACH OF UPPER LOW FROM NORTH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 93 75 93 74 / 10 20 40 20 KBPT 94 75 94 75 / 10 20 30 20 KAEX 95 74 92 69 / 10 20 30 20 KLFT 94 76 93 72 / 10 20 50 20 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 5:06 AM CDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 506 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-031015- 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- 506 AM CDT WED JUL 2 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 ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY. HEAT INDICES ARE FORECASTED BETWEEN 100 AND 105 THIS AFTERNOON. REMEMBER TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER IF WORKING OUTSIDE DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. IF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ALIGN ALONG THE FRONT OR OTHER WEATHER BOUNDARIES...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED...BUT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. LESS COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECASTED FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR...BUT THE CHANCES FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
321 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
LAZ027-028-030>032-022115-
RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-BEAUREGARD LA-ALLEN LA-VERNON LA-
321 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAPIDES...EVANGELINE...
BEAUREGARD...ALLEN AND VERNON PARISHES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES
NORTH OF GLENMORA TO 6 MILES NORTH OF ELIZABETH TO 3 MILES WEST OF
PITKIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND
AROUND...MCNARY...GLENMORA...SUGARTOWN...ELIZABETH...GRANT...
OAKDALE...TURKEY CREEK AND BEAVER.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING 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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3088 9233 3076 9263 3071 9296 3101 9315
3106 9282 3118 9252
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 53 min |
| Jul 2, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.