Alert archive / Louisiana / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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 13, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
County Calcasieu Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 2962 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
729
WWUS84 KLCH 132000
SPSLCH
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
300 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021
LAZ030-041-132030-
Calcasieu LA-Beauregard LA-
300 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD AND
CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISHES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
At 300 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Gillis, or near Moss Bluff, moving north at 10 mph.
Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Lake Charles, Westlake, Moss Bluff, Ragley and Gillis.
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 3050 9340 3054 9314 3038 9313 3038 9311
3026 9312 3023 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 170DEG 9KT 3035 9324
$$
JonesThe 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 12, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 43 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, 3:48 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 |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Louisiana, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021
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.