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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 1, 2015Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Feb 1, 2015, 5:39 PM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 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: Feb 1, 2015, 5:39 PM CST (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Feb 1, 2015, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 386 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 456 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

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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 Feb 1, 4:33 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 4:33 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 4:27 AM CST, 13 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
427 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
021030-
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-
427 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING AHEAD
OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE GUSTY THIS
AFTERNOON AND MAY GET CLOSE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA IN SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY MONDAY MORNING WITH WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA POSSIBLY BEING REACHED FOR A FEW HOURS. OTHERWISE A LIGHT
FREEZE IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. RAIN IS
EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-021030-
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-
427 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING AND
IN ITS WAKE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE
IN EFFECT FOR THE NEAR SHORE WATERS AND A GALE WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
FREQUENT GALE FORCE WINDS. LOW WATER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
FOR THE COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY
MORNING WITH ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW WATER CONDITIONS.
WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 1, 3:12 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
312 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

LAZ028-012145-
RAPIDES LA-
312 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAPIDES PARISH UNTIL 345 PM
CST...

AT 309 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF LENA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...LENA.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR
BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3150 9271 3150 9268 3146 9270 3144 9268
      3141 9268 3140 9261 3139 9261 3140 9262
      3140 9267 3141 9288 3142 9288 3152 9271

SWEENEY

Special weather statement, Feb 1, 3:29 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
329 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

LAZ027-TXZ260-012200-
NORTHERN NEWTON TX-VERNON LA-
329 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERNON PARISH...SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CST...

AT 326 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF TOLEDO BEND DAM...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...HORNBECK...
ANACOCO AND KURTHWOOD.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR
BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3118 9317 3117 9363 3118 9363 3118 9365
      3118 9357 3120 9355 3124 9356 3128 9354
      3128 9353 3128 9345 3137 9339 3137 9312

SWEENEY

Special weather statement, Feb 1, 4:27 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
427 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

LAZ028-012330-
RAPIDES LA-
427 PM CST SUN FEB 1 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAPIDES PARISH UNTIL 530 PM
CST...

AT 427 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDNER...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...GARDNER...
BOYCE...ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WOODWORTH...ALEXANDRIA AND
TIMBER TRAILS.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL 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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3147 9216 3140 9215 3132 9218 3133 9220
      3132 9223 3108 9223 3105 9283 3138 9281
      3140 9266 3140 9262 3148 9222

ERICKSON

Special weather statement, Feb 1, 5:39 PM CST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 1, 4:03 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		32 hr
Feb 1, 3:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Grant	33 min
Feb 1, 3:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	31 min
Feb 1, 3:40 PM CST	Low Water Advisory	LCH		17 hr
Feb 1, 4:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	63 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.