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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 2, 2016Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2016, 5:05 AM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
May 2, 2016, 5:05 AM CDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2016, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Hardin County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2016-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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 2016-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-292 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 May 2, 5:01 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 5:01 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:09 AM CDT, 23 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
509 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
021130-
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-
509 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. DRIER AIR
WILL MOVE IN ON TUESDAY AND PREVAIL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-021130-
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-
509 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ELEVATED TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ABOUT 1.5 AND 2 FEET ABOVE
PREDICTED LEVELS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITY...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HIGH CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. SOME
STRONG STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL GREATLY
REDUCING VISIBILITY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
WATER LIGHTNING. DRIER AIR WILL END RAIN CHANCES ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

RUA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 1:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 5:05 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
505 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

TXZ201-215-021045-
JEFFERSON TX-HARDIN TX-
505 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND
EASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM CDT...

AT 505 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
NOME...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...KOUNTZE...SOUR LAKE...NOME...BEVIL OAKS
AND CHINA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3044 9433 3031 9410 3030 9412 3028 9412
      3026 9411 3026 9410 3024 9412 3021 9411
      2995 9438 2999 9444 3011 9445 3011 9451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1005Z 217DEG 25KT 3008 9440

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 9:33 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLCHCameron21 hr
May 2, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu44 min
May 2, 2:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard34 min
May 2, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard44 min
May 2, 3:22 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH53 min
May 2, 3:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
May 2, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
May 2, 4:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHBeauregard119 min
May 2, 4:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
May 2, 5:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH32 min
May 2, 5:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH63 min
May 2, 5:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu44 min
May 2, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
May 2, 7:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH62 min
May 2, 8:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry37 min
May 2, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH83 min
May 2, 9:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHAllen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon3 hr
May 2, 9:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
May 2, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH116 min
May 2, 12:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH84 min
May 2, 2:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHTyler33 min
May 2, 5:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange31 min
May 2, 5:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange40 min
May 2, 9:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin59 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.