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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2021, 8:03 PM CDT for Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 42 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 24, 2021, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Saint Landry Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Mar 24, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 314 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-252015- 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- 314 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Louisiana, south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana, west central Louisiana and southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Yesterdays front to retrogrades back inland, shower and thunderstorm activity expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Slight risk for severe weather during the day on Thursday. Series of disturbances expected through the rest of the forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ470-472-475-252015- 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- 314 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. Series of disturbances expected through the rest of the forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ430-432-435-252015- Sabine Lake-Calcasieu Lake-Vermilion Bay- 314 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal lakes and bays of the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Small craft advisory in effect until 7pm. Possible extension likely. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Series of disturbances expected through the rest of the forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ450-452-455-252015- 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- 314 PM CDT Wed Mar 24 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Series of disturbances expected through the rest of the forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 24, 7:10 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 11:47 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 13 hr | |
| Mar 25, 4:43 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 8 hr | |
| Mar 25, 12:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 4 days |
| Mar 25, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Assumption | 16 min |
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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.