Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2019, 8:42 AM CDT for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 63 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2019, 8:42 AM CDT (13:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2019, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 8:58 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | New Iberia, LA | MEDIA REPORTS OF ONE INCH HAIL AROUND NEW IBERIA. |
| Apr 4, 9:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lydia, LA | TREES SNAPPED OR BLOWN DOWN AND POWER POLES LEANING IN SEVERAL AREAS AROUND LYDIA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 4, 9:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lydia, LA | PUBLC SENT PICTURE OF POWER POLLS DOWN AND LEANING IN LYDIA ALONG US90 |
| Apr 4, 9:14 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Jeanerette, LA | MEDIA REPORTS SHOWED ONE INCH HAIL IN JEANERETTE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KLCH 041342
SVRLCH
LAC045-055-099-101-113-041445-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0021.190404T1342Z-190404T1445Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
842 AM CDT Thu Apr 4 2019
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Lafayette Parish in south central Louisiana...
Iberia Parish in south central Louisiana...
Northwestern St. Mary Parish in south central Louisiana...
Northeastern Vermilion Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
Northwestern St. Martin Parish in south central Louisiana...
* Until 945 AM CDT.
* At 842 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Delcambre, or
near Avery Island, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Lafayette, New Iberia, Abbeville, Catahoula, Breaux Bridge,
Franklin, St. Martinville, Jeanerette, Kaplan, Avery Island,
Broussard, Youngsville, Erath, Delcambre, Maurice, Loreauville,
Butte La Rose, Lydia, Acadiana Regional Airport and Jefferson
Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3003 9128 2987 9155 2981 9170 2980 9178
2985 9184 2986 9193 2978 9201 2978 9205
2980 9211 3006 9230 3037 9165 3025 9158
3023 9147 3020 9149 3019 9147 3011 9147
3010 9139 3006 9137 3006 9131
TIME...MOT...LOC 1342Z 238DEG 27KT 2995 9198
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
K. Kuyper1 follow-up statement
500
WWUS54 KLCH 041405
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
905 AM CDT Thu Apr 4 2019
LAC055-113-041415-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190404T1445Z/
Lafayette LA-Vermilion LA-
905 AM CDT Thu Apr 4 2019
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE AND
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3003 9128 2987 9155 2981 9170 2980 9178
2983 9182 3001 9198 3026 9162 3024 9156
3023 9148 3020 9149 3019 9147 3011 9147
3010 9146 3010 9139 3006 9137 3006 9131
TIME...MOT...LOC 1405Z 238DEG 27KT 3003 9183
$$
LAC045-099-101-041445-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190404T1445Z/
Iberia LA-St. Mary LA-St. Martin LA-
905 AM CDT Thu Apr 4 2019
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT
FOR IBERIA...NORTHWESTERN ST. MARY AND CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISHES...
At 905 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over New Iberia,
moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
New Iberia, Franklin, St. Martinville, Jeanerette, Loreauville,
Sorrel, Coteau, Lydia, Lake Fausse Pointe and Acadiana Regional
Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3003 9128 2987 9155 2981 9170 2980 9178
2983 9182 3001 9198 3026 9162 3024 9156
3023 9148 3020 9149 3019 9147 3011 9147
3010 9146 3010 9139 3006 9137 3006 9131
TIME...MOT...LOC 1405Z 238DEG 27KT 3003 9183
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RM12The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 2:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 56 min | |
| Apr 4, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 4:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 4:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 35 min | |
| Apr 4, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 19 min |
| Apr 4, 4:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 5:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 117 min |
| Apr 4, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 6:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, St. Mary | 5 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Vermilion | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 7:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 7:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 7:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Vermilion | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 8:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 8:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 117 min |
| Apr 4, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 9:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 116 min |
| Apr 4, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 70 days |
| Apr 4, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 10:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 11:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 59 min |
| Apr 4, 12:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Martin and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 21 min |
| Apr 4, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 2:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 62 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.