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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jan 2, 2017, 1:28 PM CST for Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 2, 2017, 1:28 PM CST (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2017, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 2537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.0
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NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jan 2, 12:52 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 12:52 PM CST, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 5:26 AM CST, 8 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 526 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-031130- 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- 526 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO ACADIANA. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A TORNADO COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONALLY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF ACADIANA WHICH HAVE SEEN THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LATER TODAY. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-031130- 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- 526 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS RESULTING IN ELEVATED SEAS OF 3 TO 5 FEET OUT TO 20 NM AND 5 TO 8 FEET BEYOND 20 NM. THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...WATERSPOUTS...AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LATER TODAY. TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-031130- TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON- SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 526 AM CST MON JAN 2 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A TORNADO COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LATER TODAY.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 6:20 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 15 hr | |
| Jan 2, 1:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 1:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 31 min |
| Jan 2, 2:03 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 3:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 9:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 64 min |
| Jan 2, 9:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 10:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 19 min |
| Jan 2, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jan 2, 10:37 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 53 min | |
| Jan 2, 10:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 11:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 11:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 59 min |
| Jan 2, 11:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Jan 2, 11:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Saint Landry | 4 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 12:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 47 min |
| Jan 2, 12:49 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 6:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 7:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 44 min |
| Jan 2, 8:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 65 min |
| Jan 2, 9:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 53 min |
| Jan 2, 9:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 26 min |
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