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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 8, 2016Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2016, 4:58 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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: Jan 8, 2016, 4:58 PM CST (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Jan 8, 2016, 5:42 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 8, 3:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 36 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: 491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

As transmitted.

237 
WUUS54 KLCH 082258
SVRLCH
LAC011-019-TXC351-090000-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0002.160108T2258Z-160109T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  WESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 456 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STARKS...
  MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE CHARLES...STARKS...FIELDS...DEWEYVILLE...DE QUINCY...
  DEQUINCY...BUHLER...BANCROFT...LUNITA AND ORETTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3009 9348 3025 9349 3025 9376 3060 9377
      3061 9334 3009 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 179DEG 35KT 3030 9364 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

K. KUYPER

1 follow-up statement

371 
WWUS54 KLCH 082342
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
542 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016

LAC011-019-TXC351-082350-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160109T0000Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-NEWTON TX-
542 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD...
WESTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3009 9348 3025 9349 3025 9376 3060 9377
      3061 9334 3009 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 179DEG 35KT 3074 9365 

$$

K. KUYPER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 8, 9:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	58 hr
Jan 8, 10:12 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Cameron	108 min
Jan 8, 12:10 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Cameron	3 hr
Jan 8, 12:10 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		3 hr
Jan 8, 3:15 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		3 hr
Jan 8, 3:15 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		39 hr
Jan 8, 4:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	53 min
Jan 8, 4:42 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		33 min
Jan 8, 4:56 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		49 min
Jan 8, 5:15 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		30 min
Jan 8, 5:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	43 min
Jan 8, 9:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	58 hr
Jan 8, 3:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	33 min
Jan 8, 5:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	61 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.