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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2016, 3:44 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 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 31, 2016, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
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 31, 2:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 2:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 10:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1031 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-011545- 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-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- 1031 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...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 CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE PRIMARY RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AND TO A LESSER DEGREE AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. IN ADDITION...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT OVER THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS AS SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO RUN BETWEEN 4 AND 7 FEET TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. THE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LESS...BUT A MARGINAL RISK WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN. OTHERWISE...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STORMS. OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL BRING DRIER WEATHER AND ALLOW WINDS AND SEAS TO DIMINISH OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 24
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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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 31, 1:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 29 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 10:14 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 11 hr | |
| Mar 31, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 42 min |
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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.