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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 10, 2022Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2022, 6:22 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 10, 2022, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 335 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 2022-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2042 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 2022-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
2042 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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
Jul 10, 4:01 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCHAvoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Rapides, Vernon27 hr
Jul 10, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen32 min
Jul 10, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen32 min
Jul 10, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary25 min
Jul 10, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard23 min
Jul 10, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard35 min
Jul 10, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard31 min
Jul 10, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu25 min
Jul 10, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu27 min
Jul 10, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu32 min
Jul 10, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHTyler28 min
Jul 10, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHTyler24 min
Jul 10, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin37 min
Jul 10, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange35 min
Jul 10, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange32 min

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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.