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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2016, 2:11 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 10, 2016, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 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 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 2485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 10, 1:13 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:13 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 413 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 111115- 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- 413 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 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 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN WITH A DAILY DOSE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AGAIN...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-111115- 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- 413 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR SHORE AND FOR THE COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RUA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1209 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016
LAZ031-041-042-101800-
JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-ALLEN LA-CALCASIEU LA-
1209 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALLEN...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS AND NORTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES
UNTIL 100 PM CDT...
AT 1209 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER MOSS BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE CHARLES...WESTLAKE...WELSH...IOWA...KINDER...FENTON...
MOSS BLUFF...GILLIS...BULLER...LEBLEU SETTLEMENT...PINE ISLAND...
TOPSY AND LACASSINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3036 9330 3040 9317 3040 9313 3042 9313
3052 9282 3026 9274 3018 9325
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 254DEG 22KT 3029 9320
BRAZZELLSpecial weather statement, Jul 10, 12:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 40 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Louisiana, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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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.