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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 97 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 14, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 14, 3:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 608 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 151115- 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- 608 AM CDT THU JUL 14 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 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AND MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REMAIN ELEVATED...AVERAGING AROUND 105 DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AND MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-151115- 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- 608 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AND MAINLY OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AND MAINLY OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 13
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 10:41 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 438 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 LAZ027-028-030>032-142315- EVANGELINE LA-RAPIDES LA-ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA- 438 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 438 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF DRY CREEK TO NEAR ELIZABETH TO NEAR OAKDALE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALEXANDRIA...OAKDALE...LEESVILLE...GLENMORA...ELIZABETH...MITTIE... DRY CREEK...PITKIN...FORT POLK...SUGARTOWN...HINESTON...GRANT... NEW LLANO...LACAMP...ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT...CRAVENS...FULLERTON... BEAVER...OTIS AND SIEPER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3124 9247 3064 9254 3065 9315 3118 9337 TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 160DEG 18KT 3075 9308 3084 9284 3085 9261 LANDRENEAU
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 85 min |
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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.