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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2021, 12:28 PM CDT for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 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 22, 2021, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2021, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County St. Mary Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 962 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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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 Jun 22, 12:09 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 12:09 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 409 AM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-230915- 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- Tyler-Hardin-Jefferson-Orange-Northern Jasper-Northern Newton- Southern Jasper-Southern Newton- 409 AM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Louisiana, south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana, west central Louisiana and southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be expected to persist over the area this morning and thru the rest of the day. An arriving front from the north will lead to high chances for thunderstorms in the early morning on Tuesday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms will develop along a decaying frontal boundary Tuesday and Wednesday. Additional rounds of scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop each afternoon Thursday through Saturday with the highest probabilities across southwest and south central Louisiana. While widespread severe weather is not expected, some of these storms will have the potential to produce gusty winds, torrential rain and frequent lightning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-230915- 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- 409 AM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 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. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be expected to persist over the area into the night. An arriving front from the north will lead to high chances for thunderstorms in the early morning on Tuesday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are anticipated through Wednesday, with activity becoming more widely scattered through the end of the week. Stronger storms will be capable of producing locally higher winds and seas, torrential rain and frequent lightning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 7:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 47 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.