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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2023, 3:39 AM CDT for Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 27, 2023, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2023, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Saint Landry Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 1037 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 Apr 27, 12:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 12:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 350 PM CDT Wed Apr 26 2023 LAZ027>033-044-045-055-073-074-141>143-152>154-241>243-252>254- TXZ180-201-259>262-515-516-615-616-272100- Vernon-Rapides-Avoyelles-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- Lower Vermilion-Lower Iberia-Lower St. Mary-Tyler-Hardin- Northern Jasper-Northern Newton-Southern Jasper-Southern Newton- Upper Jefferson-Northern Orange-Lower Jefferson-Southern Orange- 350 PM CDT Wed Apr 26 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Louisiana, south central Louisiana, southwest Louisiana, west central Louisiana and southeast Texas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Showers and storms will increase in coverage late this evening, spreading east across southeast Texas into Louisiana after midnight. The area has been highlighted with a Slight Risk (level 2 out of 5) for severe weather by the Storm Prediction Center. The primary severe weather risk looks to be damaging winds, although an isolated tornado or two as well as large hail cannot be ruled out. In addition, areas northwest of a line from Beaumont to Marksville have also been highlighted with a Marginal Risk (level 1 out of 4) for excessive rainfall and flooding by the Weather Prediction Center. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms will be ongoing at daybreak Thursday, as the convective complex progresses east through the morning. Portions of southern Louisiana, southeast of a line from Lake Charles to just north of Opelousas have been highlighted in a Slight Risk (level 2 out of 5) for severe weather by the Storm Prediction Center, with the primary risk damaging wind gusts. However, an isolated tornado or large hail will be possible as well. Additionally, areas east and southeast of a line from Sabine Pass to Leesville to Alexandria have been highlighted with a Marginal Risk (level 1 out of 4) for excessive rainfall and flooding by the Weather Prediction Center for Thursday. After a short break on Friday, another round of showers and storms is expected on Saturday. At this time, any risk for severe weather or heavy rainfall appears low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. GMZ430-432-435-436-450-452-455-470-472-475-272100- 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- 350 PM CDT Wed Apr 26 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. Showers and thunderstorms will increase late tonight. Some storms could be strong, producing locally higher winds and seas, along with dangerous cloud-to-water lightning and rains reducing visibilities to less than a mile. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and thunderstorms will continue through Thursday with the passage of the front. Some storms could be strong, producing locally higher winds and seas, along with dangerous cloud-to-water lightning and rains reducing visibilities to less than a mile. Another round of showers and storms is expected on Saturday as another front moves through the region. This front will be followed by strong northwesterly winds and rough seas, with exercise caution or marginal advisory conditions possible from Saturday into Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 1:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 26 min | |
| Apr 27, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 14 min |
| Apr 27, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 3:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 4:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 41 min | |
| Apr 27, 6:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 27 min | |
| Apr 27, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 31 min | |
| Apr 27, 6:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 28 min | |
| Apr 27, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 24 min | |
| Apr 27, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 7:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 8:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 34 min | |
| Apr 27, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Apr 27, 9:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Apr 26, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 20 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.