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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2021, 8:21 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 6, 2021, 8:21 AM CDT (13:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2021, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1676 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
449
WWUS84 KLCH 061321
SPSLCH
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
821 AM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021
LAZ027-030-041-TXZ260-262-061415-
Calcasieu LA-Beauregard LA-Vernon LA-Southern Newton TX-
Northern Newton TX-
821 AM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD...NORTHWESTERN
CALCASIEU...SOUTHERN VERNON PARISHES IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND
EASTERN NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM CDT...
At 817 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorms in
Beauregard... Vernon parishes and in southeast Texas Newton county,
moving north at 15 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
De Ridder, Leesville, Newton, Rosepine, Merryville, Singer, Fort
Polk, Sugartown, De Quincy, Ragley, Toledo Bend Dam, Fields, Bon
Weir, Pitkin, Burkeville, New Llano, Lunita, Bivens, Mayflower and
Devils Pocket.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 9282 3098 9283 3088 9291 3088 9298
3080 9298 3028 9341 3038 9381 3117 9377
3118 9360 3117 9358 3119 9355 3123 9354
3123 9353
TIME...MOT...LOC 1317Z 198DEG 12KT 3063 9348
$$
K. KuyperThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 89 min |
| Jun 6, 7:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 71 min |
| Jun 6, 7:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 82 min |
| Jun 6, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 9:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 45 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.