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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Apr 14, 2021, 4:42 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 14, 2021, 4:42 AM CDT (09:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2021, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
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 Apr 14, 1:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 1:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 440 AM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 TXZ180-201-216-259>262-150945- Tyler-Hardin-Orange-Northern Jasper-Northern Newton-Southern Jasper- Southern Newton- 440 AM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms on tap today as a cold front approaches from the northwest. There is a slight chance for severe weather with the main threat from large hail and winds. There is the potential for an isolated tornado. In addition... heavy rains will have the potential to produce minor flooding in low lying areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Storms will continue on Thursday into Friday. Rain chances will end on Saturday as a strong Canadian cold front down and into the region. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LAZ052>054-073-074-150945- Vermilion-Iberia-St. Mary-West Cameron-East Cameron- 440 AM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Louisiana and southwest Louisiana. .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. Flash Flood Watch. Coastal Flood Watch. .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. Flash Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LAZ027>033-041>045-055-150945- Vernon-Rapides-Avoyelles-Beauregard-Allen-Evangeline-St. Landry- Calcasieu-Jefferson Davis-Acadia-Lafayette-Upper St. Martin- Lower St. Martin- 440 AM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Louisiana, south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana and west central Louisiana. .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. Flash Flood Watch. .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. Flash Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. TXZ215-150945- Jefferson- 440 AM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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 Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Storms will continue on Thursday into Friday. Rain chances will end on Saturday as a strong Canadian cold front down and into the region. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-150945- 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- 440 AM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Gulf of Mexico and 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. Small Craft Advisory for winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Storms will continue on Thursday into Friday. Rain chances will end on Saturday as a strong Canadian cold front moves down and into the region. Look for winds and seas to build in behind the frontal passage. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 4:42 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 20 min |
| Apr 13, 8:30 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 15 hr | |
| Apr 13, 9:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 7 days |
| Apr 14, 1:29 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Watch | LCH | Cameron | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:43 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | LCH | Cameron | 5 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 8:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 6 days |
| Apr 14, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 6 days |
| Apr 14, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 36 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 21 days |
| Apr 14, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 21 days |
| Apr 14, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 21 days |
| Apr 14, 9:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 53 min | |
| Apr 14, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 4:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 38 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 8 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 6:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 29 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.