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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Apr 15, 2021, 11:20 PM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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 15, 2021, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 8:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 3:45 PM CDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 345 PM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021 TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-162045- Tyler-Hardin-Jefferson-Orange-Northern Jasper-Northern Newton- Southern Jasper-Southern Newton- 345 PM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated, mainly light showers, will be possible this afternoon and early this evening. Precipitation will increase after midnight through Friday morning as an upper level disturbance moves across the area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms will persist Friday into Friday night as a cold front approaches. A few of these storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds and large hail being the primary threats. The front will move through Saturday morning with isolated showers possible in it's wake through Saturday afternoon. Drier conditions are expected Sunday through mid next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-162045- 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- 345 PM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Louisiana, south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana and west central Louisiana. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated, mainly light showers, will be possible this afternoon and early this evening. Precipitation will increase after midnight through Friday morning as an upper level disturbance moves across the area. 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...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms will persist Friday into Friday night as a cold front approaches. A few of these storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds and large hail being the primary threats. Some storms will also be capable of producing heavy rainfall that could lead to localized flash flooding. The front will move through Saturday morning with isolated showers possible in it's wake through Saturday afternoon. Drier conditions are expected Sunday through mid next week. 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. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-162045- 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- 345 PM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Gulf of Mexico and the coastal lakes and bays of the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated, mainly light showers, will be possible this afternoon and early this evening across the coastal waters. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms will redevelop Friday into Friday night as a cold front approaches. A few of these storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds and large hail being the primary threats. Some storms will also be capable of producing heavy rainfall. The front will move through Saturday morning with isolated showers possible in it's wake through Saturday afternoon. Drier conditions are expected Sunday through mid next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 1120 PM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021 TXZ180-259-160500- Northern Jasper TX-Tyler TX- 1120 PM CDT Thu Apr 15 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN TYLER AND EAST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... At 1120 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Woodville, moving east at 40 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Jasper, Woodville, Kirbyville, Town Bluff, Spurger, Roganville, Magnolia Springs, Mt. Union, Ivanhoe and Hillister. LAT...LON 3064 9456 3082 9454 3091 9388 3056 9389 TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 272DEG 37KT 3073 9447 Rua
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 57 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:22 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 35 hr | |
| Apr 16, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 2:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 32 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.