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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Mar 11, 2016, 2:49 AM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 56 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
- Mar 11, 2016, 2:49 AM CST (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2016, 3:45 AM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 463 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Mar 10, 9:55 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 9:55 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 500 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 111200- 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- 500 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016 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 A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION WITH ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING TO THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...WITH ONGOING FLOOD WARNINGS ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RECORD POOL LEVELS AT TOLEDO BEND WILL CONTINUE...WITH MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE SABINE RIVER LIKELY. FLOODING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL DIMINISH BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS SUBSIDE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE FLOODING THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AS THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MEANDERS OVER TEXAS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES FINALLY DIMINISH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE REGION. A WEAKER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MIGHT BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS SUNDAY ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...BUT MUCH IMPROVED WEATHER IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION REQUESTED FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-111200- 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- 500 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND ELEVATED WINDS AGAIN TODAY. THE WINDS IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY THIS AFTERNOON AS A SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO MOVES NORTH ACROSS EAST TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AS THE SLOW MOVING SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL LOW MEANDERS OVER TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE REGION BY SATURDAY NIGHT...LEAVING FAIRLY BENIGN WEATHER FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION REQUESTED FOR TODAY AND FRIDAY.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 10:11 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:18 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 87 min | |
| Mar 11, 1:44 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 91 min | |
| Mar 11, 2:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 2:40 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 84 min | |
| Mar 11, 2:40 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | LCH | 12 hr | |
| Mar 11, 2:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Mar 11, 10:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 17 days |
| Mar 11, 12:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 9 hr |
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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.