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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 17, 2021Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Mar 17, 2021, 12:21 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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: Mar 17, 2021, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Hardin County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -397 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

516 
WWUS84 KLCH 171721
SPSLCH

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1221 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
 
TXZ180-201-259-261-171800-
Hardin TX-Northern Jasper TX-Southern Jasper TX-Tyler TX-
1221 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN TYLER...HARDIN AND
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

At 1220 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Saratoga, moving northeast at 55 mph.

Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lumberton, Silsbee, Kountze, Saratoga, Buna, Fred, Evadale, Batson,
Caney Head, Spurger, Honey Island and Village Mills.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for southeastern
Texas.

LAT...LON 3074 9414 3045 9389 3042 9389 3015 9458
      3024 9464 3032 9467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 240DEG 49KT 3027 9456 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 2:53 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH	Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	16 hr
Mar 17, 2:55 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		11 hr
Mar 17, 2:55 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		52 hr
Mar 17, 12:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	51 min
Mar 17, 12:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	42 min
Mar 17, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	36 min
Mar 17, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		57 min
Mar 17, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen	35 min
Mar 17, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	29 min
Mar 17, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis	44 min
Mar 17, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Mar 17, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	43 min
Mar 17, 2:41 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		40 hr
Mar 17, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	42 min
Mar 17, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
Mar 17, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	48 min
Mar 17, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	46 min
Mar 17, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	52 min
Mar 17, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron, Vermilion	62 min
Mar 17, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	44 min
Mar 17, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		55 min
Mar 17, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	41 min
Mar 17, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Saint Landry	30 min
Mar 17, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		89 min
Mar 17, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary	97 min
Mar 17, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	39 min
Mar 17, 11:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Tyler	11 min
Mar 17, 12:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	28 min
Mar 17, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Newton	34 min
Mar 17, 1:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	23 min
Mar 17, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	25 min
Mar 17, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.