Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 2021, 8:01 PM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 29 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, 8:01 PM CST (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2021, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 19 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.
706
WUUS54 KLCH 070201
SVRLCH
LAC019-023-070230-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0003.210107T0201Z-210107T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
801 PM CST Wed Jan 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Cameron Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
Southeastern Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
* Until 830 PM CST.
* At 801 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Edgerly to near Hackberry to 6 miles southwest
of Johnsons Bayou, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Lake Charles, Sulphur, Westlake, Iowa, Grand Lake, Lake Charles
Regional Airport, Sabine National Wildlife, Moss Bluff, Carlyss,
Hacketts Corner, Heberts Marina, Lebleu Settlement, Edgerly,
Hackberry, Sweet Lake, Gibbstown and Holmwood.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 12 and 42.
Interstate 210 between mile markers 1 and 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2987 9335 2988 9339 2987 9344 2988 9360
2999 9355 3026 9352 3030 9303 2998 9299
2985 9311 2986 9324 2993 9324 2997 9327
3002 9327 3005 9329 3005 9333
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 272DEG 35KT 3025 9344 3000 9346 2970 9373
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Jones1 follow-up statement
961
WWUS54 KLCH 070214
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
814 PM CST Wed Jan 6 2021
LAC019-023-070230-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210107T0230Z/
Cameron LA-Calcasieu LA-
814 PM CST Wed Jan 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON AND SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES...
At 814 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Westlake to near Heberts Marina to 6 miles
southeast of Johnsons Bayou, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Lake Charles, Sulphur, Westlake, Iowa, Grand Lake, Lake Charles
Regional Airport, Moss Bluff, Carlyss, Hacketts Corner, Heberts
Marina, Lebleu Settlement, Hackberry, Sweet Lake, Gibbstown and
Holmwood.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 20 and 42.
Interstate 210 between mile markers 1 and 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2987 9335 2988 9339 2987 9344 2991 9352
3006 9345 3027 9338 3030 9303 2998 9299
2985 9311 2986 9324 2993 9324 2997 9327
3002 9327 3005 9329 3005 9333
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 272DEG 35KT 3025 9330 3000 9332 2970 9359
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JonesThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 6:56 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Jan 6, 7:09 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Jan 6, 7:18 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 27 min | |
| Jan 6, 7:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 45 min |
| Jan 6, 8:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 27 min | |
| Jan 6, 8:07 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 68 min | |
| Jan 6, 8:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 44 min |
| Jan 6, 9:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 45 min |
| Jan 6, 10:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry | 51 min |
| Jan 6, 10:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 93 min | |
| Jan 6, 10:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 42 min |
| Jan 6, 11:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 45 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.