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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 13, 2014Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2014, 12:59 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 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: Oct 13, 2014, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

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The text

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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 Oct 13, 11:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 11:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 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, 7 hours 54 minutes 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

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 10:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1016 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

TXZ180-201-259>261-131615-
HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-TYLER TX-
SOUTHERN JASPER TX-
1016 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...NEWTON...TYLER AND
JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT...

AT 1012 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF ROCKLAND TO 31
MILES WEST OF WILDWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
COLMESNEIL...WOODVILLE...EBENEZER...IVANHOE...SAM RAYBURN DAM AND
HILLISTER.

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.

LAT...LON 3106 9457 3104 9445 3112 9405 3114 9404
      3115 9401 3116 9387 3048 9390 3050 9455
      3085 9463 3088 9462 3089 9464 3101 9467

K. KUYPER

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 12:05 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1205 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

TXZ201-216-261-262-131800-
HARDIN TX-ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-
1205 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...NEWTON...ORANGE AND
JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT NOON CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH
OF CALL TO 6 MILES NORTH OF VIDOR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...
DEVILS POCKET...DEWEYVILLE AND HARTBURG.

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 3053 9405 3052 9373 3042 9371 3039 9375
      3036 9375 3034 9377 3034 9375 3031 9375
      3027 9370 3025 9371 3023 9411

K. KUYPER

Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:43 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1243 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

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

1235 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S DE RIDDER           30.83N 93.29W
10/13/2014                   BEAUREGARD         LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BEAUREGARD SHERIFF REPORTS TREES DOWN ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH
            OF DERIDDER ON FRANKLIN RD. ADDITIONAL TREES LEANING
            AGAINST POWERLINES AT HWY 27 AND MALL.

&&

DJONES

Local storm report, Oct 13, 12:52 PM CDT, 7 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, 0 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

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, 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, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion	54 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
Oct 13, 10:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	59 min
Oct 13, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	55 min
Oct 13, 11:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	55 min
Oct 13, 12:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.