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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2021, 1:29 PM CDT for Assumption Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 16 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 25, 2021, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Assumption Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 588 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 9.6
- Supercell composite
- 36.3
The text
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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 Mar 25, 12:45 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 12:45 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 5:37 AM CDT, 7 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 537 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 LAZ027>033-041>045-055-TXZ180-201-216-259>262-261045- Vernon-Rapides-Avoyelles-Beauregard-Allen-Evangeline-St. Landry- Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Upper St. Martin- Lower St. Martin-Tyler-Hardin-Orange-Northern Jasper-Northern Newton- Southern Jasper-Southern Newton- 537 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Louisiana, south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana, west central Louisiana and southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Cold front out of the west to move into the area. Shower and thunderstorm activity expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Series of disturbances expected through the rest of the forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LAZ052>054-073-074-TXZ215-261045- Vermilion-Iberia-St. Mary-West Cameron-East Cameron-Jefferson- 537 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Coastal Flood Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Series of disturbances expected through the rest of the forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ470-472-475-261045- 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- 537 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today 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...Friday through Wednesday. Series of disturbances expected through the rest of the forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ432-435-261045- Calcasieu Lake-Vermilion Bay- 537 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal lakes and bays of the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Small craft advisory in effect until 7pm. Possible extension likely. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Series of disturbances expected through the rest of the forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ452-455-261045- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM- 537 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today 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...Friday through Wednesday. Series of disturbances expected through the rest of the forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ430-261045- Sabine Lake- 537 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the coastal lakes and bays of the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Dense Fog Advisory. Small craft advisory in effect until 7pm. Possible extension likely. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Series of disturbances expected through the rest of the forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ450-261045- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM- 537 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Dense Fog Advisory. Small Craft Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 1:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 42 min |
| 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 |
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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.