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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 2021, 6:54 PM CST for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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 6, 2021, 6:54 PM CST (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2021, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Jefferson County, TX
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
256
WUUS54 KLCH 070054
SVRLCH
TXC245-070130-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0002.210107T0054Z-210107T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
654 PM CST Wed Jan 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Jefferson County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 730 PM CST.
* At 654 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over High Island,
or 19 miles south of Hamshire, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Port Arthur and Sea Rim State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2969 9435 2982 9396 2981 9396 2983 9395
2980 9395 2980 9393 2978 9394 2977 9392
2968 9389 2968 9400 2967 9406 2956 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 254DEG 39KT 2959 9437
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Jones1 follow-up statement
885
WWUS54 KLCH 070121
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
721 PM CST Wed Jan 6 2021
TXC245-070130-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210107T0130Z/
Jefferson TX-
721 PM CST Wed Jan 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...
At 720 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southwest
of Sabine Pass, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Port Arthur and Sea Rim State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2982 9396 2981 9396 2983 9395 2980 9395
2980 9393 2978 9394 2977 9392 2968 9389
2968 9400 2967 9406 2963 9420 2974 9419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 254DEG 39KT 2967 9405
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JonesThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 6:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.