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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Feb 11, 2021, 5:46 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 44 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
- Feb 11, 2021, 5:46 AM CST (11:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2021, 6:30 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Acadia Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 weather statement went out at Feb 11, 5:43 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 5:43 AM CST, 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 5:27 AM CST, 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 527 AM CST Thu Feb 11 2021 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 121130- Vernon-Rapides-Avoyelles-Beauregard-Allen-Evangeline-St. Landry- Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Upper St. Martin- Vermilion-Iberia-St. Mary-Lower St. Martin-West Cameron- East Cameron-Tyler-Hardin-Jefferson-Orange-Northern Jasper- Northern Newton-Southern Jasper-Southern Newton- 527 AM CST Thu Feb 11 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Louisiana, south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana, west central Louisiana, and southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Low visibility in fog will occur this morning, especially near the coast of lower Acadiana. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will occur through tonight. Up to 3 inches of rainfall may occur in isolated locations through Friday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Rain will gradually exit into early Saturday, however precipitation will return late Sunday. A colder air mass will move in Sunday with freezing rain, sleet, and snow possible Monday. A hard freeze is expected to the coast Tuesday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-121130- Sabine Lake-Calcasieu Lake-Vermilion Bay- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM- Waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA from 20 to 60 NM- 527 AM CST Thu Feb 11 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Gulf of Mexico and the coastal lakes and bays of the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Strong north winds will build across the coastal waters today and linger through tonight. Scattered showers and storms will occur through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday A strong to moderate offshore will remain in place through Wednesday as multiple fronts move through. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 11, 5:46 AM CST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 546 AM CST Thu Feb 11 2021 LAZ042-043-052-074-111230- Acadia LA-Jefferson Davis LA-Vermilion LA-East Cameron LA- 546 AM CST Thu Feb 11 2021 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... At 546 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lowry, or near Lake Arthur, moving northeast at 25 mph. Half inch hail will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Jennings, Lake Arthur, Iota, Gueydan, Mermentau, Klondike, Evangeline, Morse, Riceville, Egan, Lowry, Lyons Point, Estherwood and Midland. LAT...LON 2985 9280 3002 9285 3034 9249 3007 9232 TIME...MOT...LOC 1146Z 243DEG 20KT 3001 9274 Rua
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 3:22 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 3 days | |
| Feb 11, 10:02 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 4 days |
| Feb 11, 11:51 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
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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.