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Special Marine Warning 121, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 27, 2021

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special marine warning at Oct 27, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
34.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Oct 27, 3:09 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 3:09 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 3:11 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 27, 1:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
111 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1220 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKE CHARLES            30.21N 93.20W
10/27/2021                   CALCASIEU          LA   STORM CHASER

            STORM CHASERS SENT IN PHOTOS OF ROOF COMPLETELY COLLAPSED
            ON HOME NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NELSON AND HAM REID
            ROADS IN LAKE CHARLES. MULTIPLE HOMES DAMAGED.

&&

DONALD.JONES
Local storm report, Oct 27, 1:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
115 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW CARLYSS            30.18N 93.38W
10/27/2021                   CALCASIEU          LA   PUBLIC

            ROOF AND TREE DAMAGE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
            CIRCULATION AS IT WENT NEAR CARLYSS.

&&
Local storm report, Oct 27, 1:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
127 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1222 PM     TORNADO          5 SSW LAKE CHARLES      30.15N 93.25W
10/27/2021                   CALCASIEU          LA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            TDS OBSERVED FROM RADAR WITH EXTENSIVE
            STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WILL DETERMINE THE RATING
            ONCE WE GET A CHANCE.

&&
Special weather statement, Oct 27, 1:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
156 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021

LAZ028-029-032-033-271930-
St. Landry LA-Avoyelles LA-Evangeline LA-Rapides LA-
156 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern Rapides,
northeastern Evangeline, Avoyelles and northeastern St. Landry
Parishes through 230 PM CDT...

At 156 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Timber Trails to near Lecompte to near
Pine Prairie. Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Pineville, Marksville, Bunkie, Simmesport, Moreauville,
Cheneyville, Turkey Creek, Bordelonville, Bayou Current, Morrow,
Effie, Ball, Cottonport, Pine Prairie, Mansura, Lecompte, Hessmer,
Evergreen and Plaucheville.

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 37 and 64, and
between mile markers 79 and 88.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for central
Louisiana.

&&

LAT...LON 3147 9216 3141 9215 3136 9208 3133 9208
      3134 9203 3132 9200 3128 9202 3122 9199
      3123 9192 3128 9195 3130 9191 3120 9168
      3114 9172 3105 9172 3097 9181 3085 9182
      3076 9176 3072 9247 3107 9241 3141 9252
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 267DEG 26KT 3144 9245 3108 9234 3074 9240

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Jones
Local storm report, Oct 27, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 27, 2:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 7:22 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH38 min
Oct 27, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH25 min
Oct 27, 9:21 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu24 min
Oct 27, 9:41 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu34 min
Oct 27, 10:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu36 min
Oct 27, 10:39 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLCHBeauregard36 min
Oct 27, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu26 min
Oct 27, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH47 min
Oct 27, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron31 min
Oct 27, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides26 min
Oct 27, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more60 min
Oct 27, 11:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
Oct 27, 11:46 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu17 min
Oct 27, 11:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu37 min
Oct 27, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron35 min
Oct 27, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 4 more63 min
Oct 27, 12:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Vernon17 min
Oct 27, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH55 min
Oct 27, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon34 min
Oct 27, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry34 min
Oct 27, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 3 more60 min
Oct 27, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH59 min
Oct 27, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles34 min
Oct 27, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron, Vermilion10 min
Oct 27, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH53 min
Oct 27, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion66 min
Oct 27, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion60 min
Oct 27, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary61 min
Oct 27, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH39 min
Oct 27, 8:13 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson32 min
Oct 27, 8:42 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson, Orange33 min
Oct 27, 9:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton, Orange24 min
Oct 27, 10:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson47 min
Oct 27, 10:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson, Orange3 hr
Oct 27, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson, Orange55 min
Oct 27, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange51 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.