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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 27, 2015Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 5 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: Apr 27, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 60 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), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 27, 5:40 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Port Acres, TX	PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS
Apr 27, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Nederland, TX	MEDIA POSTED A PHOTO OF MAINLY PENNY AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW HAILSTONES UP TO QUARTER SIZE
Apr 27, 5:53 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Central Gardens, TX	PUBLIC POSTED PHOTO OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL
Apr 27, 6:03 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 Wnw Orange, TX	PUBLIC POSTED PHOTO OF HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
Apr 27, 6:03 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Port Acres, TX	PUBLIC REPORTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 40 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 nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 2462 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 364 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 6.1
Supercell composite: 23.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

775 
WUUS54 KLCH 272200
SVRLCH
TXC245-361-272300-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0044.150427T2200Z-150427T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
500 PM CDT MON APR 27 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 600 PM CDT

* AT 500 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF
  BALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HIGH
  ISLAND TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GILCHRIST...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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...BEVIL OAKS...CHINA...ROSE CITY...
  ORANGEFIELD...LA BELLE...PORT ACRES AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL
  AIRPORT.

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.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2989 9436 2989 9444 3011 9444 3012 9430
      3017 9427 3015 9370 3009 9373 3006 9370
      3000 9379 2999 9379 2999 9386 2997 9384
      2984 9395 2983 9392 2979 9394 2968 9384
      2967 9405 2956 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 205DEG 41KT 2947 9432 2942 9423 

$$

LANDRENEAU

3 follow-up statements

014 
WWUS54 KLCH 272223
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
523 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

TXC245-361-272300-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-150427T2300Z/
ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON TX-
523 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ORANGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 523 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STOWELL TO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SABINE PASS TO 21 MILES EAST OF HIGH ISLAND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...NEDERLAND...GROVES...PORT NECHES...
VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...WEST ORANGE...SABINE PASS...CENTRAL GARDENS...
HAMSHIRE...ROSE CITY...ORANGEFIELD...LA BELLE...PORT ACRES...
SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT...FANNETT...WINNIE AND SEA RIM STATE
PARK.

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.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3015 9370 3009 9373 3006 9370 3000 9379
      2999 9379 2999 9386 2997 9384 2984 9395
      2983 9392 2979 9394 2968 9384 2967 9405
      2956 9435 2989 9436 3017 9420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 207DEG 36KT 2973 9425 2964 9410 2952 9404 

$$

LANDRENEAU

943 
WWUS54 KLCH 272237
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
537 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

TXC245-361-272300-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-150427T2300Z/
ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON TX-
537 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR ORANGE AND EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 537 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LA BELLE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF PORT ACRES TO NEAR
SABINE PASS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...NEDERLAND...GROVES...PORT NECHES...
VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...WEST ORANGE...SABINE PASS...CENTRAL GARDENS...
ROSE CITY...ORANGEFIELD...LA BELLE...PORT ACRES...SOUTHEAST TEXAS
REGIONAL AIRPORT AND SEA RIM STATE PARK.

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.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3015 9370 3009 9373 3006 9370 3000 9379
      2999 9379 2999 9386 2997 9384 2984 9395
      2983 9392 2979 9394 2968 9384 2967 9405
      2965 9411 2982 9423 3017 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 210DEG 37KT 2985 9415 2978 9400 2968 9395 

$$

LANDRENEAU

386 
WWUS54 KLCH 272250
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
550 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

TXC245-361-272300-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-150427T2300Z/
ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON TX-
550 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ORANGE AND NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 549 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF
BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT
TO PORT ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...NEDERLAND...GROVES...PORT NECHES...
VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...WEST ORANGE...CENTRAL GARDENS...ROSE CITY...
ORANGEFIELD...PORT ACRES AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT.

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.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3015 9370 3009 9373 3006 9370 3000 9379
      2999 9379 2999 9386 2997 9384 2984 9395
      2983 9392 2979 9394 2978 9403 2995 9414
      3017 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 205DEG 41KT 2996 9405 2988 9393 

$$

LANDRENEAU

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 Apr 27, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
240 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

.DISCUSSION...
QUITE THE ACTIVE WX PATTERN CONTINUES...WITH THIS MORNING'S
MASSIVE MCS & ASSOCIATED SQUALL LINE LONG GONE...WITH NEW TSRA
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SO FAR...MOST HAVE STAYED
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...BUT NOW JUST BEGINNING TO GET A FEW SVR HAIL
REPORTS WITH CELLS ACROSS INLAND SE TX/W LA. ADDITIONAL SVR TSTM
COULD OCCUR AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE
TO BECOME MORE UNSTABLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WITH THE ONGOING ACTIVITY AND EXPECTED ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 7 AM TUE
MORNING. WHAT TO EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING...NAM12 & HRRR
GUIDANCE SHOWS ANOTHER POSSIBLE MCS DEVELOPING ACROSS TX AHEAD OF
THE SFC LOW TO MOVE ESE TOWARDS...YOU GUESSED IT...SE TX BY 10
PM-MID...AND SPREADING E ACROSS C AND SC BETWEEN MID AND 4 AM TUE
MORNINGS. TIMING SUBJECT TO CHANGE IF SYSTEM SPEEDS UP...BECOMES
SVR EARLIER...ETC.

A CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA WILL REMAIN THROUGH TUE AFTERNOON...AS THE
UPPER LEVEL COLD LOW MOVES OVER THE REGION WITH CONTINUED INSTABILITY
ALOFT. BY TUE AFTERNOON...COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL EVENTUALLY PUT
AN END TO THE SVR WX AND PRECIP...AND EXPECTED TO REMAIN PRECIP
FREE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. FOR WED & THU...EXPECTED LOWS IN THE
LOWER 50S...AND HIGHS IN THE 70S. BY FRI INTO THE WEEKEND...A
SLOW WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE.

DML

&&

.MARINE...
MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS ELEVATED AHEAD OF A
DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. FOR THIS...SCA ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE DAY INTO TUE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE AS A SERIES
OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THESE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE...WITH STRONG
WINDS...WATERSPOUTS...HAIL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO WATER
LIGHTNING. A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER TEXAS AND MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION TONIGHT...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE COASTAL
WATERS. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO RAIN CHANCES...AND RESULT IN A
MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WITH THE
STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW EXPECTED AFTER THE FRONT...SCA WILL CONTINUE
INTO WED.

DML

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX  60  66  50  70 /  80  30  10  10
LCH  65  74  52  73 /  70  20  10  10
LFT  67  75  53  70 /  80  30  10  10
BPT  64  73  51  74 /  60  20  10  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR LAZ027>033-041>045-
     052>055-073-074.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR TXZ180-201-215-216-
     259>262.

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

     SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR GMZ430-
     432-435.

&&

PUBLIC...08

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 6:02 AM CDT, 10 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
602 AM CDT MON APR 27 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
281115-
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-
602 AM CDT MON APR 27 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 LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE
PROGRESSING EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. ON ITS PRESENT SPEED...THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS
LINE WILL REACH THE SABINE RIVER AROUND 630 AM...THE LAKE CHARLES
AREA BY 700 AM...ALEXANDRIA BY 730 AM...AND THE LAFAYETTE AREA BY
8 AM.

IN ADDITION TO THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
7 PM FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...POSING ANOTHER RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND A
CONTINUED RISK OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-281115-
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-
602 AM CDT MON APR 27 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE
PROGRESSING EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...POSING ANOTHER RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

BRISK NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM EXPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
MARINERS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IN THE EVENT A
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS ISSUED.

13

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
327 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

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

0320 PM     HAIL             RAGLEY                  30.51N 93.23W
04/27/2015  E0.50 INCH       BEAUREGARD         LA   PUBLIC

0320 PM     HAIL             RAGLEY                  30.51N 93.23W
04/27/2015  E0.50 INCH       BEAUREGARD         LA   PUBLIC

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, Apr 27, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
352 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

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

0351 PM     HAIL             2 N KINDER              30.52N 92.85W
04/27/2015  E0.25 INCH       ALLEN              LA   PUBLIC

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, Apr 27, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
353 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

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

0644 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N ROSEPINE            30.99N 93.28W
04/27/2015                   VERNON             LA   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC POSTED PHOTO OF ROOF DAMAGE TO BAR. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

&&

TWH

Local storm report, Apr 27, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
359 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

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

0345 PM     HAIL             1 S KINDER              30.47N 92.85W
04/27/2015  E1.00 INCH       ALLEN              LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JBRAZZEL

Local storm report, Apr 27, 4:00 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
400 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

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

0358 PM     HAIL             ELTON                   30.48N 92.70W
04/27/2015  E0.88 INCH       JEFFERSON DAVIS    LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JBRAZZEL

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:53 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
453 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

LAZ033-044-045-272230-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-ST. LANDRY-
453 PM CDT MON APR 27 2015

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN ST. LANDRY...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN AND NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISHES...

AT 452 PM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR ATCHAFALAYA
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...OR NEAR KROTZ SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPELOUSAS...BREAUX BRIDGE...LEONVILLE...ARNAUDVILLE...PORT BARRE AND
ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3038 9163 3037 9165 3036 9165 3033 9197
      3055 9208 3076 9201 3051 9174 3051 9175
      3050 9175 3050 9173 3040 9163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 259DEG 56KT 3046 9176

SWEENEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	20 min
Apr 27, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	61 min
Apr 27, 5:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	17 min
Apr 27, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Tyler	52 min
Apr 27, 6:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	15 min
Apr 27, 6:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	50 min
Apr 27, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	50 min
Apr 27, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	64 min
Apr 27, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	47 min
Apr 27, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Newton	43 min
Apr 27, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	45 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.