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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 8, 2016Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2016, 10:00 PM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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
Jan 8, 2016, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 2016, 10:30 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 8, 10:22 PM CSTHAIL 0.88Westlake, LA
Jan 8, 10:25 PM CSTHAIL 0.5Moss Bluff, LA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 8, 3:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 15 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1021 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

As transmitted.

015 
WUUS54 KLCH 090400
SVRLCH
LAC019-090430-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0013.160109T0400Z-160109T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1000 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST

* AT 959 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SULPHUR...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...WESTLAKE...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES
  REGIONAL AIRPORT...GILLIS...BUHLER AND CARLYSS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3006 9347 3028 9351 3040 9318 3040 9314
      3010 9309
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 243DEG 28KT 3021 9339 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 7:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis33 min
Jan 8, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis60 min
Jan 8, 7:56 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Jan 8, 8:11 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHBeauregard, Vernon3 hr
Jan 8, 8:19 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu26 min
Jan 8, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline33 min
Jan 8, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron35 min
Jan 8, 8:45 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard30 min
Jan 8, 9:02 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Jan 8, 9:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon28 min
Jan 8, 9:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron26 min
Jan 8, 9:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon29 min
Jan 8, 9:50 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH55 min
Jan 8, 9:54 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH36 min
Jan 8, 10:01 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH29 min
Jan 8, 10:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu, Cameron59 min
Jan 8, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron25 min
Jan 8, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline, Rapides30 min
Jan 8, 10:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron23 min
Jan 8, 10:26 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Jan 8, 10:29 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Jan 8, 10:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
Jan 8, 10:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry65 min
Jan 8, 10:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion48 min
Jan 8, 11:14 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH31 min
Jan 8, 11:25 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles21 min
Jan 8, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis23 min
Jan 8, 11:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
Jan 9, 12:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Martin44 min
Jan 9, 12:19 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH86 min
Jan 9, 12:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion48 min
Jan 9, 12:49 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHSaint Martin26 min
Jan 9, 12:54 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion3 hr
Jan 9, 12:59 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu46 min
Jan 9, 1:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion38 min
Jan 9, 1:44 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
Jan 9, 1:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia, Saint Martin44 min
Jan 9, 2:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia, St. Mary47 min
Jan 9, 3:47 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH88 min
Jan 9, 9:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard3 days
Jan 9, 9:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.