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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2021, 3:21 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 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 29, 2021, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Beauregard Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 1233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
381 WWUS84 KLCH 292021 SPSLCH Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 321 PM CDT Sat May 29 2021 LAZ030-292045- Beauregard LA- 321 PM CDT Sat May 29 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH UNTIL 345 PM CDT... At 320 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Longville, or near Singer, moving east at 5 mph. Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Ragley and Longville. LAT...LON 3058 9344 3070 9336 3067 9311 3047 9323 TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 291DEG 6KT 3064 9332 $$ Jones
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 34 min |
| May 29, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 31 min |
| May 29, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 30 min |
| May 29, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 27 min |
| May 29, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 18 min |
| May 29, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 24 min |
| May 29, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 28 min |
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 35 min |
| May 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 24 min |
| May 29, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 18 min |
| May 29, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 51 min |
| May 29, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| May 29, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.