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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2023, 7:22 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 20 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
- Aug 27, 2023, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2023, 7:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 345 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
- 409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 27, 6:54 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 6:54 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 414 PM CDT Sun Aug 27 2023 LAZ030>033-044-045-055-073-074-141>143-152>154-241>243-TXZ201-261- 262-515-516-615-616-282115- Beauregard-Allen-Evangeline-St. Landry-Lafayette-Upper St. Martin- Lower St. Martin-West Cameron-East Cameron-Northern Calcasieu- Northern Jefferson Davis-Northern Acadia-Upper Vermilion- Upper Iberia-Upper St. Mary-Southern Calcasieu- Southern Jefferson Davis-Southern Acadia-Hardin-Southern Jasper- Southern Newton-Upper Jefferson-Northern Orange-Lower Jefferson- Southern Orange- 414 PM CDT Sun Aug 27 2023 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Louisiana, south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Excessive Heat Warning. Red Flag Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LAZ252>254-282115- Lower Vermilion-Lower Iberia-Lower St. Mary- 414 PM CDT Sun Aug 27 2023 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Louisiana and southwest Louisiana. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Excessive Heat Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ430-432-435-436-450-452-455-470-472-475-282115- Sabine Lake-Calcasieu Lake-Vermilion and West Cote Blanche Bays- Atchafalaya and East Cote Blanche Bays- 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- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA from 20 to 60 NM- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA from 20 to 60 NM- 414 PM CDT Sun Aug 27 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Gulf of Mexico and the coastal lakes and bays of the Gulf of Mexico. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon into tonight. Some of these storms will be capable of producing damaging winds in excess of 60 MPH as well as frequent lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Widespread thunderstorms are expected across the coastal waters Monday and Tuesday with the passage of a weak frontal boundary. Some storms will be capable of producing damaging winds in excess of 60 MPH along with frequent lightning. Breezy and gusty offshore winds and elevated seas will develop Wednesday as the pressure gradient tightens across the region in response to a tropical cyclone in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LAZ027>029-TXZ180-259-260-282115- Vernon-Rapides-Avoyelles-Tyler-Northern Jasper-Northern Newton- 414 PM CDT Sun Aug 27 2023 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Louisiana, west central Louisiana and southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Excessive Heat Warning. Red Flag Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 27, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 26 min |
| Aug 27, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| Aug 27, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 34 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.