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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 26, 20154 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2015, 3:04 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 86 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: Jul 26, 2015, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 86 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 26, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:14 AM CDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
514 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
271130-
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-
514 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...MAINLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH DAYTIME HEATING. SOME OF THE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS. AWAY FROM THE CONVECTION...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS FROM 103 DEGREES TO
107 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
WITH UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RE-ESTABLISHING ITSELF. AFTERNOON
HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE AROUND 105 DEGREES. THE HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BREAK DOWN BY THURSDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND. THE MAIN
HAZARDS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-271130-
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-
514 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME OF
THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...ALONG
WITH HIGHER WINDS GUSTS AND LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

RUA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:18 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:04 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
304 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

LAZ027-028-030-031-041-042-052-074-262130-
EAST CAMERON-CALCASIEU-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-VERMILION-JEFFERSON
DAVIS-VERNON-RAPIDES-
304 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CALCASIEU...
NORTHEASTERN CAMERON...JEFFERSON DAVIS...NORTHWESTERN VERMILION...
BEAUREGARD...VERNON...WESTERN RAPIDES...WESTERN ALLEN PARISHES IN
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES...

AT 303 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ANACOCO TO
DE RIDDER TO NEAR REEVES TO LAKE ARTHUR...WILL CONTINUE MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE CHARLES...ALEXANDRIA...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...LEESVILLE...
WESTLAKE...WELSH...IOWA...LAKE ARTHUR...KINDER...ROSEPINE...
MERRYVILLE...BOYCE...ANACOCO...FENTON...REEVES...LENA...DRY CREEK...
RAGLEY AND FORT POLK.

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.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3150 9268 3140 9270 3139 9266 3144 9240
      3077 9287 3023 9264 2972 9275 3041 9362
      3049 9365 3067 9365 3093 9353 3100 9358
      3103 9351 3109 9356 3127 9354 3128 9344
      3136 9339 3135 9295 3152 9272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 033DEG 15KT 3127 9330 3084 9330 3047 9309 3007
9267

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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
Jul 25, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	46 min
Jul 26, 7:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Jul 26, 11:16 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more	8 hr
Jul 26, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Jefferson Davis	27 min
Jul 26, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	43 min
Jul 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia	35 min
Jul 26, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	44 min
Jul 26, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	42 min
Jul 26, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Louisiana, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.