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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2015, 8:14 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 19, 2015, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 E Winnie, TX | PUBLIC REPORTED ESTIMATED ONE INCH HAIL |
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 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 754 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
660
WUUS54 KLCH 200114
SVRLCH
TXC245-361-200200-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0011.150420T0114Z-150420T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
814 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 814 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER HAMSHIRE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...NEDERLAND...GROVES...PORT
NECHES...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...WEST ORANGE...NOME...SABINE PASS...
CENTRAL GARDENS...HAMSHIRE...CHINA...ROSE CITY...ORANGEFIELD...LA
BELLE...PORT ACRES...SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT AND FANNETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3018 9371 3014 9369 3009 9373 3006 9370
2999 9380 3000 9379 2999 9386 2997 9384
2984 9395 2983 9392 2979 9394 2968 9384
2967 9385 2966 9410 2970 9436 2989 9436
2989 9444 3005 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 263DEG 33KT 2988 9434
$$
LANDRENEAU1 follow-up statement
469
WWUS54 KLCH 200131
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
831 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
TXC245-361-200200-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150420T0200Z/
ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON TX-
831 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ORANGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...
AT 830 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL ACROSS WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTHEAST TEXAS
REGIONAL AIRPORT TO NEAR LA BELLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BEAUMONT...PORT
ARTHUR...ORANGE...NEDERLAND...GROVES...PORT NECHES... VIDOR...BRIDGE
CITY...WEST ORANGE...NOME...SABINE PASS...CENTRAL
GARDENS...HAMSHIRE...CHINA...ROSE CITY...ORANGEFIELD...LA BELLE...
PORT ACRES...SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT AND FANNETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3018 9371 3014 9369 3009 9373 3006 9370
2999 9380 3000 9379 2999 9386 2997 9384
2984 9395 2983 9392 2979 9394 2968 9384
2967 9385 2966 9410 2970 9436 2989 9436
2989 9444 3005 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 272DEG 38KT 2995 9412 2981 9413
$$
LANDRENEAUWhat 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 Apr 19, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 634 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015 .DISCUSSION... FOR THE 00Z TAF PACKAGE. && .AVIATION... WATCHING BROKEN BAND OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING EAST THROUGH EAST TX/NW LA...WITH A FEW ISOLATED CELLS RECENTLY DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE BAND JUST N OF THE KPOE AREA. VFR IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AHEAD OF THE TSTMS. TIMED THE ARRIVAL AT KAEX...KBPT...AND KLCH BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS AND HRRR DATA...INSERTING A TWO HOUR WINDOW AT EACH SITE WITH VCTS BASED ON THE CURRENT SCATTERED NATURE OF THE CONVECTION. MORE DIRECT IMPACTS WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH AMDS AS NEEDED. 13 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 621 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015/ DISCUSSION... SCT SVR TSTMS OVER E TX/NW LA ALONG THE COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY EAST THIS EVENING. SVR TSTM WATCH 81 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SE TX/C AND SW LA FOR THIS. HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST THIS EVENING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SLIGHTLY FASTER MOVEMENT OF THESE SVR TSTMS. LATER OVERNIGHT...FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THRU THE REMAINDER OF S LA INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. WITH THE SCT NATURE OF THESE TSRA...SOME AREAS MAY MISS THE PRECIP ALTOGETHER...ALTHOUGH EXPECTING A MORE LINEAR LINE OF TSRA TOWARDS MIDNIGHT AND BEYOND AS THE MOISTURE INCREASES ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. POST FRONTAL WX LOOKING TO DRY OUT FOR MON-TUE...FINALLY. DML PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015/ DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES AROUND THE REGION HAVE WARMER INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. CHANGE IS ON THE WAY AGAIN WITH A COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WILL BE WELL OFFSHORE BY SUNRISE TOMORROW. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME UNSTABLE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA LOUISIANA THROUGH 8 PM. STORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO TYLER AND HARDIN COUNTIES AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE FROM WINDS. STORMS CHANGING OVER TO RAINS BEHIND THE FRONT... PRECIP ENDING BEFORE SUNRISE. A BIT COOLER AND SOMEWHAT DRIER START TO THE NEW WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS DOWN AND INTO THE REGION. MORNING LOWS INTO THE 50S BY TUESDAY MORNING THEN A GRADUAL WARM UP WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED. RAINS RETURN TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AEX 58 75 53 77 / 50 0 0 10 LCH 61 77 58 78 / 50 0 0 10 LFT 63 77 58 78 / 40 10 0 10 BPT 60 77 59 78 / 40 0 0 10 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 3:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 323 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-202030- 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- 323 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 81 HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH 8 PM: HARDIN JASPER JEFFERSON NEWTON ORANGE TYLER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 81 HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THROUGH 8 PM: RAPIDES RAPIDES ALLEN BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU VERNON THE ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THERE IS A THREAT THAT SOME STORM COULD BECOME SEVERE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 19, 5:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
501 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 AM TORNADO DE RIDDER 30.85N 93.29W
04/19/2015 F1 BEAUREGARD LA NWS STORM SURVEY
A NWS STORM SURVEY HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE DAMAGE IN DE
RIDDER WAS AN EF1 TORNADO. A PNS WITH COMPLETE RESULTS
WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.
&&
ATINGLERSpecial weather statement, Apr 19, 7:32 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
732 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
TXZ201-215-216-200100-
ORANGE-JEFFERSON-HARDIN-
732 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CALCASIEU
AND NORTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISHES...ORANGE...JEFFERSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES...
AT 732 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BEVIL OAKS TO NEAR OLD RIVER-WINFREE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...NEDERLAND...GROVES...PORT NECHES...
VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...WEST ORANGE...SOUR LAKE...NOME...CENTRAL
GARDENS...HAMSHIRE...SABINE PASS...MAURICEVILLE...BEVIL OAKS...
CHINA...ROSE CITY...PINE FOREST AND LAKEVIEW.
LAT...LON 3023 9432 3024 9371 3014 9369 3008 9373
3006 9370 2999 9380 3000 9379 2999 9386
2997 9384 2984 9395 2979 9394 2968 9384
2967 9405 2956 9435 2989 9436 2989 9444
3011 9444 3011 9450
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 288DEG 27KT 3019 9427 2989 9475
LANDRENEAULocal storm report, Apr 19, 7:56 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
756 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HAIL 4 N KIRBYVILLE 30.72N 93.90W
04/19/2015 E1.00 INCH JASPER TX PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL BETWEEN QUARTER AND GOLF BALL SIZE
&&
TWHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 57 min |
| Apr 19, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 53 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.