Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

985 
WWUS54 KLCH 200036
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
736 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

LAC115-TXC351-200100-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150420T0100Z/
VERNON LA-NEWTON TX-
736 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN
NEWTON COUNTIES...

AT 735 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER BURR
FERRY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO BEND DAM...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEESVILLE...FORT POLK...SLAGLE...NEW LLANO...CRAVENS...BURR FERRY...
SIMPSON...EVANS AND PICKERING.

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.

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LAT...LON 3096 9356 3119 9356 3120 9355 3130 9300
      3093 9299
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 264DEG 30KT 3109 9347 

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
634 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

.DISCUSSION...
FOR THE 00Z TAF PACKAGE.

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.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.

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.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.

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.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.

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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.

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.

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ATINGLER