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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2016, 5:25 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 13, 2016, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 5:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
682
WUUS54 KLCH 132225
SVRLCH
TXC245-361-132315-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0101.160813T2225Z-160813T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
525 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 525 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT
NECHES... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...NEDERLAND...GROVES...
PORT NECHES...BRIDGE CITY...WEST ORANGE...CENTRAL GARDENS...
PORT ACRES...SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT AND ORANGEFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3001 9418 3012 9399 3011 9371 3008 9372
3008 9373 3006 9370 3006 9372 3000 9377
2998 9383 2999 9386 2997 9384 2997 9386
2993 9386 2986 9393 2984 9392 2985 9393
2985 9394 2979 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 281DEG 17KT 3001 9391
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TINGLER1 follow-up statement
841
WWUS54 KLCH 132254
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
554 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
TXC245-361-132304-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160813T2315Z/
ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON TX-
554 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ORANGE AND
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3001 9418 3012 9399 3011 9371 3008 9372
3008 9373 3006 9370 3006 9372 3000 9377
2998 9383 2999 9386 2997 9384 2997 9386
2993 9386 2986 9393 2984 9392 2985 9393
2985 9394 2979 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 281DEG 17KT 2998 9375
$$
TINGLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 9 hr |
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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.