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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 25, 2019Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2019, 5:06 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2019, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2019, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jefferson County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 12:00Z on 2019-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 295 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 12:00Z on 2019-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 25, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
252 PM CDT Mon Mar 25 2019

.DISCUSSION...
Cold front is progressing through the forecast area this afternoon
with a broken line of showers and thunderstorms along the front.
Some of these have been strong to severe this afternoon with the
main concern being hail and perhaps gusty winds.

The activity should be weakening and along the coast around the
start of the tonight forecast period, however followed the latest
guidance gradually pushing good chance to likely pops through the
remainder of the area from where current radar indicates. In the
wake of the frontal passage, briefly cooler temperatures can be
expected for the next few days before a warming trend begins mid
to late work week as surface high pushes off to the east.

The next cold front works in this weekend with good chances for
showers and some thunderstorms through early next week. The front
is forecast to stall in the vicinity keeping rain chances
elevated. Temperatures will also be on the cool side as well.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX  49  70  42  71 /   0   0   0   0
LCH  55  73  47  71 /  10   0   0   0
LFT  54  71  47  72 /   0   0   0   0
BPT  57  74  50  71 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...None.
TX...None.
GM...None.
&&

PUBLIC...27
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 5:35 AM CDT, 11 hours 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
535 AM CDT Mon Mar 25 2019

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
261100-
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-
535 AM CDT Mon Mar 25 2019

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

Showers and a few thunderstorms will accompany a cold frontal
passage today. A storm or two could be strong to possibly severe
with the primary hazard being large hail. Occasional to frequent
cloud to ground lightning can also be expected with the
thunderstorms. A wind shift and cooler conditions can be expected
for tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Drier and cooler weather is in store for the middle of the week
before the next advancing storm system brings the chance for
showers and possibly thunderstorms Friday into Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-261100-
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-
535 AM CDT Mon Mar 25 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Gulf of Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Some patchy sea fog may occur over the near shore waters and coastal
lakes and bays this morning. By later this afternoon and evening,
a few showers and maybe a thunderstorm or two can be expected in
association with a cold front crossing the area. An elevated
offshore flow and higher seas will develop in wake of the front by
late tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

No hazardous weather is expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 25, 3:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon45 min
Mar 25, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard26 min
Mar 25, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard32 min
Mar 25, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis29 min
Mar 25, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu36 min
Mar 25, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion40 min
Mar 25, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis43 min
Mar 25, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron33 min
Mar 25, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH55 min
Mar 25, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron46 min
Mar 25, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron39 min
Mar 25, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH59 min
Mar 25, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron28 min
Mar 25, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
Mar 25, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry56 min
Mar 25, 11:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton42 min
Mar 25, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper32 min
Mar 25, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin29 min
Mar 25, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson82 min

Nearby

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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.