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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 14 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
- Apr 23, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2021, 9:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 865 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.3
The text
As transmitted.
665 WUUS54 KLCH 240200 RRA SVRLCH LAC003-011-039-079-115-240230- /O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0060.210424T0200Z-210424T0230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 900 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021 The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Rapides Parish in central Louisiana... Northwestern Evangeline Parish in central Louisiana... East central Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana... Southeastern Vernon Parish in west central Louisiana... Northeastern Allen Parish in southwestern Louisiana... * Until 930 PM CDT. * At 900 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dry Creek, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Oakdale, Glenmora, Elizabeth, Dry Creek, Sugartown, Mittie, Grant, Union Hill and Bundick Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for central, southwestern and west central Louisiana. A Tornado Watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not immediately likely, if one is spotted, act quickly and move to a place of safety inside a sturdy structure such as a small interior room. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3062 9304 3078 9314 3105 9269 3086 9247 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 239DEG 44KT 3075 9304 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ Stigger/87
1 follow-up statement
037
WWUS54 KLCH 240214
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
914 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021
LAC003-011-039-079-115-240223-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-210424T0230Z/
Rapides LA-Evangeline LA-Beauregard LA-Vernon LA-Allen LA-
914 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RAPIDES...
NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE...EAST CENTRAL BEAUREGARD...SOUTHEASTERN
VERNON AND NORTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for central,
southwestern and west central Louisiana.
Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect.
LAT...LON 3062 9304 3078 9314 3105 9269 3086 9247
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 239DEG 44KT 3083 9289
$$
Stigger/87The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 1 min |
| Apr 23, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 21 days |
| Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 21 days |
| Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 40 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 5 days |
| Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 4 days |
| Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 21 days |
| Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 21 days |
| Apr 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 13 min |
| Apr 23, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 17 min |
| Apr 23, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Apr 24, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Apr 24, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Apr 24, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Apr 24, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 36 min | |
| Apr 24, 2:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 58 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 21 days |
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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.