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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2021, 9:43 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 13 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, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2021, 9:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
842
WUUS54 KLCH 240243
SVRLCH
LAC003-011-115-240315-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0062.210424T0243Z-210424T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
943 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
Southeastern Vernon Parish in west central Louisiana...
North central Allen Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
* Until 1015 PM CDT.
* At 942 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Grant, or
near Mittie, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Elizabeth, Sugartown, Mittie and Grant.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for central,
southwestern and west central Louisiana.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3095 9282 3089 9282 3089 9279 3078 9272
3066 9303 3083 9309 3096 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 253DEG 44KT 3080 9291
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
Stigger/871 follow-up statement
478
WWUS54 KLCH 240256
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
956 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021
LAC003-011-115-240306-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210424T0315Z/
Beauregard LA-Vernon LA-Allen LA-
956 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD...
SOUTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTH CENTRAL ALLEN PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for central,
southwestern and west central Louisiana.
LAT...LON 3095 9282 3089 9282 3089 9279 3078 9272
3066 9303 3083 9309 3096 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 253DEG 44KT 3085 9272
$$The 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, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 14 min |
| Apr 23, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 26 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.