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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 8, 20215 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2021, 2:38 PM CDT for 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 8, 2021, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2090 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jul 8, 11:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 11:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 7:43 AM CDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
238 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021

LAZ044-045-052>055-082030-
Lower St. Martin LA-Iberia LA-Lafayette LA-Vermilion LA-
Upper St. Martin LA-St. Mary LA-
238 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 236 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking thunderstorms along a line
extending from 7 miles southeast of Rockefeller Wildlife Range to 7
miles south of Intracoastal City to Lydia to near Belle River.
Movement was north at 30 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and heavy rainfall of one to two
inches will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City, Abbeville, Catahoula, Scott,
Breaux Bridge, Franklin, Carencro, St. Martinville, Patterson,
Jeanerette, Berwick, Kaplan, Gueydan, Freshwater City, Forked Island,
Belle River, Intracoastal City and Bayou Vista.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2955 9128 2933 9136 2955 9141 2964 9157
      2951 9190 2941 9185 2962 9202 2962 9204
      2961 9205 2952 9198 2958 9262 3006 9269
      3007 9238 3038 9206 3040 9168 3050 9175
      3050 9170 3011 9147 3004 9122 2963 9108
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 165DEG 26KT 2960 9268 2968 9211 2991 9176 2990
9112

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	53 min
Jul 8, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		118 min

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Sources

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