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Special Weather Statement, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2021, 2:35 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Sep 2, 2021, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 55
County Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1908 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Sep 1, 6:56 PM CDT, 19 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 6:56 PM CDT, 19 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 3:36 PM CDT, 22 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lake Charles LA Issued by National Weather Service Brownsville TX 336 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-022045- 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- 336 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Louisiana, south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana, west central Louisiana and southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Showers & tstorms expected along and south of the I-10 corridor this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Typical weather pattern for southeast Texas and southern Louisiana with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Heat indices running above the century mark during the afternoon hours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-022045- 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- 336 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 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 showers and thunderstorms over the coastal waters. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Isolated showers and thunderstorms over the coastal waters. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Castillo
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline, Rapides | 50 min |
| Sep 2, 4:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 54 min |
| Sep 2, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 59 min |
| Sep 2, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 51 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.