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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 31, 2015Orange County, Texas; 9 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 2015, 10:23 AM CDT for Orange County, Texas; 9 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 31, 2015, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 31, 10:23 AM CDT	TORNADO	4 S Hineston, LA	EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS TREES DOWN NEAR ELMER. TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE WAS INDICATED ON RADAR.
Oct 31, 10:24 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Gillis, LA	PUBLIC REPORTS ROOF DAMAGE TO A CARPORT...AND TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 1 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 31, 2:57 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Oct 31, 6:54 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 21 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: 1182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 441 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 556 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.0
Supercell composite: 15.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

646 
WUUS54 KLCH 311523
SVRLCH
LAC001-003-011-019-023-039-053-079-115-TXC361-311600-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0103.151031T1523Z-151031T1600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1023 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  EASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  EASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  WESTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  WESTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 1022 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLIFTON TO NEAR PITKIN TO NEAR REEVES TO
  WESTLAKE TO NEAR VIDOR...AND ARE NEARLY STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE CHARLES...PORT ARTHUR...ALEXANDRIA...SULPHUR...ORANGE...
  JENNINGS...BRIDGE CITY...OAKDALE...WESTLAKE...WEST ORANGE...
  WELSH...VINTON...IOWA...KINDER...OBERLIN...GLENMORA...ELTON...
  ELIZABETH...FENTON AND REEVES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3086 9251 2999 9275 2996 9326 2997 9327
      3002 9327 3005 9328 3005 9333 2995 9334
      2992 9376 2997 9376 2999 9380 3000 9379
      2998 9383 3014 9398 3033 9337 3099 9293
      3133 9290 3139 9248
TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 299DEG 27KT 3129 9280 3096 9286 3053 9313 3024
9329 3013 9394

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

930 
WWUS54 KLCH 311548
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1048 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

LAC001-003-011-019-023-039-053-079-115-TXC361-311600-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-151031T1600Z/
CAMERON LA-VERNON LA-ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-CALCASIEU LA-ACADIA LA-ORANGE TX-
1048 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CAMERON...SOUTHEASTERN VERNON...ALLEN...EAST CENTRAL
BEAUREGARD...JEFFERSON DAVIS...WESTERN RAPIDES...WESTERN
EVANGELINE...SOUTHERN CALCASIEU...NORTHWESTERN ACADIA PARISHES IN
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES...

AT 1048 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GARDNER TO NEAR OAKDALE TO NEAR LEBLANC TO NEAR
HOLMWOOD TO NEAR WEST ORANGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE CHARLES...PORT ARTHUR...ALEXANDRIA...SULPHUR...ORANGE...
JENNINGS...OAKDALE...WESTLAKE...WEST ORANGE...WELSH...VINTON...
IOWA...KINDER...OBERLIN...GLENMORA...ELTON...ELIZABETH...FENTON...
REEVES AND ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3086 9251 2999 9275 2996 9326 2997 9327
      3002 9327 3005 9328 3005 9333 2995 9334
      2992 9376 2997 9376 2999 9380 3000 9379
      2998 9383 3016 9373 3028 9318 3094 9284
      3130 9275 3139 9248
TIME...MOT...LOC 1548Z 299DEG 27KT 3121 9262 3088 9268 3045 9296 3016
9312 3005 9377

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 31, 7:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 7:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
749 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

.DISCUSSION...
FOR THE 12Z TAF PACKAGE.

&&

.AVIATION...
MOST CONVECTION HAS LIFTED NORTH OF THE COASTAL TERMINALS...WITH
KAEX LOOKING TO BE UNDER THE GUN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HRS. TIMING
OF ACTIVITY AT THE COASTAL SITES WAS BASED ON A BLEND OF LATEST
GUIDANCE...AND REPRESENTED A BEST EFFORT TO NARROW DOWN THE TIME
PERIOD OF MOST LIKELY IMPACTS.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 540 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015/

DISCUSSION...
LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY/UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWED AN
ELONGATED POSITIVELY TILTED TROF STRETCHING FROM THE NORTHERN
PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST SOUTHWARD TO NEAR THE SOUTHERN BAJA. TOW
DISTINCT SHORTWAVES/VORT MAXES ARE EVIDENT...ONE NEAR THE NORTH
DAKOTA/CANADIAN BORDER...AND THE OTHER EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BASE OF
THE TROF OVER NW MEXICO. DOWNSTREAM OF THE TROF AXIS...A 40-50KT
LLJ WAS NOTED ACROSS EAST TEXAS WRN LA...WHICH IS HELPING FUNNEL
RICH GULF MSTR INTO THE REGION...WHICH IS PROGGED TO BOOST PWATS
INTO THE 2 TO 2.5 INCH RANGE...EXCEEDING CLIMO NORMALS FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR.

AT THE SFC...WARM FRONT IS EVIDENT IN SFC OBS AND RADAR IMAGERY
CURRENTLY LIFTING NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL LA...WITH AN UPSTREAM N-S
ORIENTED CDFNT NOTED OVER CENTRAL TX.

INITIAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS UNDERWAY
ACROSS EAST TEXAS AND WESTERN/CENTRAL LOUISIANA...FUELED BY THE
AFOREMENTIONED LLJ AND RESULTING WAA REGIME...AND SUBTLE IMPULSES
TRANSLATING THROUGH THE SW MID/UPPER LEVEL FLOW ALOFT. MOST
VIGOROUS CONVECTION THUS FAR OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...BUT
THAT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE WITH THE NWD DEPARTURE OF THE WMFNT
ALLOWING FOR GREATER DESTABILIZATION TO OCCUR WITHIN A STRONGLY
SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. INSTABILITY IS PROGGED TO BE AN OVERALL
LIMITING FACTOR...ALONG WITH WINDS GRADUALLY VEERING WITH TIME
WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROF. NONETHELESS...CONCUR WITH SPC
ASSESSMENT OF SVR POTENTIAL AND PLACEMENT OF ENTIRE AREA IN SLGT
RISK...WITH TORNADO/DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
HAZARDS. THE HIGH PWATS WILL ALSO RESULT IN CONVECTION BEING
VERY EFFICIENT AT RAIN PRODUCTION...WITH THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
EXTREME RAINFALL RATES.

CDFNT...AND ASSOCIATED N-S BAND OF CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL TX...IS
PROGGED TO CONTINUE EASTWARD TODAY...THOUGH HOW QUICKLY REMAINS A
BIT UNCERTAIN WITH MODELS OFFERING VARIOUS SOLUTIONS AS THE BASE
OF THE UPPER TROF OUT WEST BEGINS TO CUT OFF AS IT PIVOTS THROUGH
WEST TX AND NRN MEXICO...AND A FRONTAL WAVE OR TWO DEVELOP AND
LIFT NORTH ALONG THE BOUNDARY. BOTH OF THESE WOULD TEND TO SLOW
THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION.  A GENERAL CONSENSUS PUSHES THE BULK OF
THE RAINFALL OUT OF EAST TX AND WRN LA INTO CENTRAL/SOUTH
CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST LA THIS EVENING...WITH THE FORECAST BECOMING A
LITTLE MORE UNCERTAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THERE IS MORE OF A SPLIT
IN THE GUIDANCE. HAVE HELD OF EXTENDING THE FFA BEYOND ITS
CURRENT END TIME OF 7 PM...AND WILL LET THE DAY CREW FURTHER
EVALUATE HOW THINGS EVOLVE TODAY.

RAINS MAY LINGER INTO SUNDAY AS WELL...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN
AND EASTERN ZONES...BEFORE DRIER AIR FINALLY PUSHES IN SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS UNEVENTFUL...WITH GOOD RAIN CHANCES
RETURNING TOWARD NEXT WEEKEND AS ANOTHER UPPER TROF APPROACHES.

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MARINE...
MODERATE AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WEAKENING A BIT THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA RELAXES. WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW...TIDAL
WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO PILE UP ALONG THE COAST...WITH WATER
LEVELS RUNNING ABOUT ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE PREDICTED VALUES.
THESE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT UNTIL
OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TOMORROW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX  77  67  73  58 / 100  60  60  40
LCH  79  69  76  61 / 100  60  40  20
LFT  80  70  74  61 / 100  90  80  30
BPT  79  68  76  61 / 100  40  30  20

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LAZ027>033-
     041>045-052>055-073-074.

     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR LAZ052>054-073-
     074.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ180-201-215-
     216-259>262.

     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR TXZ215.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GMZ450-452-
     455-470-472-475.

     SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
     GMZ430-432-435.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 5:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
554 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
011100-
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 SAT OCT 31 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE WEST WILL
RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND TORNADOES THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR THE RISK OF
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE WATCH MAY NEED
TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE
FLOW WILL RESULT IN TIDES RUNNING 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...WITH
ACTUAL TIDES REACHING 3 TO 4 FT MLLW AT THE TIME OF PREDICTED HIGH
TIDE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LINGER INTO SUNDAY
MORNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. OTHERWISE...ONLY
LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-011100-
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-
554 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE WEST WILL
RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS AND WATERSPOUTS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS TODAY AS
SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WEAKENS ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 31, 9:32 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
932 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

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

0931 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 E BLEAKWOOD           30.69N 93.79W
10/31/2015                   NEWTON             TX   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            FM 363 NEAR BLEAKWOOD COVERED WITH WATER.

&&

BRAZZELL

Local storm report, Oct 31, 9:34 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
934 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

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

0933 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N CALL                30.64N 93.87W
10/31/2015                   NEWTON             TX   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            FM 1013 COVERED WITH WATER NORTH OF CALL

&&

BRAZZELL

Special weather statement, Oct 31, 9:48 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
948 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

LAZ030-041-311530-
BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-
948 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS AND CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISHES UNTIL
1030 AM CDT...

AT 948 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DERIDDER TO NEAR BUHLER...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE CHARLES...WESTLAKE...IOWA...RAGLEY...DE RIDDER...MOSS BLUFF...
SUGARTOWN...DE QUINCY...STARKS...SINGER...DRY CREEK...DERIDDER...
DEQUINCY...GILLIS...LEBLEU SETTLEMENT...LONGVILLE...BUHLER...TULLA...
LUNITA AND ORETTA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3060 9298 3060 9313 3038 9313 3038 9303
      3026 9303 3026 9300 3019 9300 3031 9373
      3060 9344 3086 9336 3086 9298
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 278DEG 27KT 3086 9327 3038 9335

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Special weather statement, Oct 31, 9:55 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
955 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

LAZ027-311545-
VERNON LA-
955 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN VERNON PARISH UNTIL 1045
AM CDT...

AT 955 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SLAGLE TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CRAVENS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PITKIN...SLAGLE...FORT POLK...LACAMP...FULLERTON...LEANDER...CRAVENS
AND SIMPSON.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3130 9289 3122 9284 3113 9284 3091 9283
      3090 9322 3127 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 262DEG 27KT 3124 9305 3092 9313

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Local storm report, Oct 31, 10:07 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1007 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

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

0954 AM     TSTM WND GST     FORT POLK               31.05N 93.21W
10/31/2015  M61 MPH          VERNON             LA   ASOS

            61 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED BY KPOE

&&

TWH

Local storm report, Oct 31, 10:16 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1016 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

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

1015 AM     HEAVY RAIN       SARATOGA                30.28N 94.53W
10/31/2015  M10.30 INCH      HARDIN             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

TWH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 31, 3:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	3 hr
Oct 31, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	51 min
Oct 31, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin	43 min
Oct 31, 4:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	3 hr
Oct 31, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper	48 min
Oct 31, 5:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper	23 min
Oct 31, 6:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler	30 min
Oct 31, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	45 min
Oct 31, 6:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	6 hr
Oct 31, 7:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Newton	6 hr
Oct 31, 8:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	5 hr
Oct 31, 8:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton	52 min
Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Newton, Orange	14 days
Oct 31, 8:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Newton	28 min
Oct 31, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	52 min
Oct 31, 11:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Orange	88 min
Oct 31, 12:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	6 hr
Oct 31, 12:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	6 hr
Oct 31, 12:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	6 hr
Oct 31, 12:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	6 hr
Oct 31, 12:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Orange	6 hr
Oct 31, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	3 days
Oct 31, 6:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler	24 hr
Oct 30, 9:45 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LCH		9 hr
Oct 30, 9:45 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		18 hr
Oct 31, 6:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	10 days
Oct 31, 6:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	32 min
Oct 31, 7:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	44 min
Oct 31, 7:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	5 hr
Oct 31, 7:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	17 min
Oct 31, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	45 min
Oct 31, 8:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	40 min
Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	15 days
Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	5 days
Oct 31, 8:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	44 min
Oct 31, 9:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	49 min
Oct 31, 9:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard	27 min
Oct 31, 9:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	3 hr
Oct 31, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	42 min
Oct 31, 9:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	50 min
Oct 31, 10:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	30 min
Oct 31, 10:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LCH	Rapides	22 min
Oct 31, 10:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	67 min
Oct 31, 11:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	90 min
Oct 31, 11:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry	59 min
Oct 31, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	38 min
Oct 31, 11:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	5 days
Oct 31, 11:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	16 days
Oct 31, 11:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry	46 min
Oct 31, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	35 min
Oct 31, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		27 min
Oct 31, 1:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	115 min
Oct 31, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	43 min
Oct 31, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		36 min
Oct 31, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		43 min
Oct 31, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		55 min
Oct 31, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
Oct 31, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.