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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 12, 2022Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2022, 7:38 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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
Oct 12, 2022, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2022, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 357 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2022-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2057 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2022-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2057 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard24 min
Oct 12, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard36 min
Oct 13, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides30 min
Oct 13, 3:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen31 min
Oct 13, 3:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen28 min
Oct 13, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard26 min
Oct 13, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Jefferson Davis31 min
Oct 13, 4:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron32 min
Oct 13, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu24 min
Oct 13, 4:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH27 min
Oct 13, 5:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia, St. Mary65 min
Oct 13, 5:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Oct 12, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton28 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.