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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 17, 2021Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at May 17, 2021, 3:56 AM CDT for Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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
May 17, 2021, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2021, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

County Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 772 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
772 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 May 17, 12:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 12:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 3:56 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
356 AM CDT Mon May 17 2021

TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-170945-
Orange TX-Jefferson TX-Hardin TX-Southern Newton TX-
Northern Newton TX-Northern Jasper TX-Southern Jasper TX-Tyler TX-
356 AM CDT Mon May 17 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...
SOUTHEASTERN TYLER...SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON...NORTHEASTERN HARDIN...
ORANGE AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT...

At 356 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Fred to near Beaumont. Movement was east
at 10 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Beaumont, Orange, Nederland, Lumberton, Vidor, Bridge City, Silsbee,
West Orange, Kirbyville, Deweyville, Evadale, Call, Fred,
Mauriceville, Buna, Rose City, Pine Forest, Lakeview, Weiss Bluff and
Gist.

LAT...LON 3074 9369 3059 9370 3058 9373 3054 9374
      3051 9371 3050 9372 3043 9371 3039 9376
      3036 9375 3034 9376 3030 9374 3029 9372
      3003 9374 2999 9418 3062 9420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0856Z 260DEG 8KT 3056 9413 3007 9411

Erickson

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH90 min
May 17, 3:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH59 min
May 17, 4:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH89 min
May 17, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron53 min
May 17, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
May 17, 5:03 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron27 min
May 17, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron59 min
May 17, 5:43 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu32 min
May 17, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
May 17, 6:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu58 min
May 17, 6:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
May 17, 7:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
May 17, 7:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
May 17, 8:45 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHVernon30 min
May 17, 9:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
May 17, 9:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard41 min
May 17, 9:20 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard25 min
May 17, 9:34 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHBeauregard, Vernon5 hr
May 17, 9:37 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu5 hr
May 17, 9:37 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu38 min
May 17, 9:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron5 hr
May 17, 9:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
May 17, 10:03 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
May 17, 10:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu4 hr
May 17, 10:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu59 min
May 17, 10:30 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu30 min
May 17, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis61 min
May 17, 11:16 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron29 min
May 17, 11:18 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH17 min
May 17, 11:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more5 days
May 17, 11:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis23 min
May 17, 11:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard3 hr
May 17, 11:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu3 hr
May 17, 11:42 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis8 min
May 17, 11:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
May 17, 12:41 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis3 hr
May 17, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH63 min
May 17, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis34 min
May 17, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
May 17, 1:43 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis6 hr
May 17, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis26 min
May 17, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion26 min
May 17, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu31 min
May 17, 2:19 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu5 hr
May 17, 2:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon3 hr
May 17, 2:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLCHAcadia33 min
May 17, 2:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard21 days
May 17, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis5 hr
May 17, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH63 min
May 17, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry38 min
May 17, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin37 min
May 17, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia33 min
May 17, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin32 min
May 17, 3:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Jefferson Davis5 hr
May 17, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis25 min
May 17, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia16 min
May 17, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia38 min
May 17, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
May 17, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia37 min
May 17, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry33 min
May 17, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
May 17, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Saint Landry31 min
May 17, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion48 min
May 17, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Martin29 min
May 17, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
May 17, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette, Vermilion33 min
May 17, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion6 hr
May 17, 6:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin7 hr
May 17, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette, Vermilion43 min
May 17, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
May 17, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin35 min
May 17, 6:50 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu3 hr
May 17, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson61 min
May 17, 5:28 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHNewton32 min
May 17, 9:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHNewton72 hr
May 17, 10:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHJasper, Tyler32 days
May 17, 11:52 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threatLCHJefferson9 hr
May 17, 12:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson, Orange28 days
May 17, 2:03 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHJefferson, Orange7 hr
May 17, 3:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson, Orange14 days

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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.