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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 5, 2022Iberia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2022, 6:51 PM CDT for Iberia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Vermilion 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2022, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2022, 7:21 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 232 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2022-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2022-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH37 min
Jun 4, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron34 min
Jun 5, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin24 min
Jun 5, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin66 min
Jun 5, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin61 min
Jun 5, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette53 min
Jun 4, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson35 min

Nearby

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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.