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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2021, 8:17 PM CDT for Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 43 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 12, 2021, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Saint Landry Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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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 Jul 12, 6:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 6:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 330 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-132030- 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- 330 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Louisiana, south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana, west central Louisiana and southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will remain possible through mid evening before ending late this evening. Saturated soil and light winds will allow for patchy fog development during the predawn hours Tuesday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. A daily chance for mainly daytime and early evening thunderstorms. Locally heavy downpours and occasional to frequent cloud to ground lightning will be the main hazards. Otherwise, the probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-132030- 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- 330 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Gulf of Mexico and the coastal lakes and bays of the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will remain possible through mid evening before ending late this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. A daily chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible. The storms will bring locally higher winds and seas, along with occasional to frequent cloud to water lightning. Otherwise, the probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 444 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021 TXZ216-261-262-122215- Orange TX-Southern Newton TX-Southern Jasper TX- 444 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON...NORTH CENTRAL ORANGE AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... At 443 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Gist, or over Mauriceville, moving northeast at 5 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Mauriceville, Hartburg and Gist. LAT...LON 3017 9386 3023 9395 3038 9392 3028 9371 TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 205DEG 5KT 3026 9389 Tingler
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
549 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021
LAZ028-031-032-122315-
Evangeline LA-Allen LA-Rapides LA-
549 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES...
NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE AND NORTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISHES UNTIL 615 PM
CDT...
At 549 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Elizabeth, moving east at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Oakdale, Glenmora, Elizabeth, Turkey Creek, Lecompte, Bayou Chicot,
Woodworth, Forest Hill, Mcnary and Union Hill.
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.
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LAT...LON 3115 9244 3080 9233 3080 9279 3092 9283
3104 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 256DEG 19KT 3091 9271
TinglerSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 5:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 11:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 32 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 15 min |
| Jul 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 29 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.