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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 29, 2024Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2024, 5:11 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
May 29, 2024, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2024, 5:43 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 28 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 709 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
709 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 May 29, 4:15 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:15 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 12:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1220 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

LAZ027-028-291745-
Vernon LA-Rapides LA-
1220 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN RAPIDES AND EAST CENTRAL
VERNON PARISHES THROUGH 1245 PM CDT...

At 1219 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Clifton to near Hineston to 8 miles
northeast of Pitkin. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Hineston, Lacamp, Leander, Sieper, Gardner, Otis, Elmer, and
Calcasieu.

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 101 and 103.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3142 9272 3127 9257 3103 9266 3098 9289
      3107 9287 3121 9296
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 230DEG 20KT 3125 9288 3112 9279 3102 9283

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Tingler
Special weather statement, May 29, 12:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1242 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

LAZ028-029-032-291830-
Avoyelles LA-Evangeline LA-Rapides LA-
1242 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN RAPIDES...NORTH CENTRAL
EVANGELINE AND NORTHWESTERN AVOYELLES PARISHES THROUGH 130 PM CDT...

At 1242 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Elmer, or 8 miles east of Hineston, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Bunkie, Glenmora, Cheneyville, Hineston, Lecompte, Echo,
Otis, Elmer, Poland, Kolin, Gardner, Centerpoint, Ruby, Calcasieu,
Woodworth, Forest Hill, Mcnary, and Union Hill.

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 53 and 83.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3099 9282 3127 9277 3130 9219 3093 9221
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 269DEG 22KT 3110 9262

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Jones
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:17 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:20 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 29, 4:54 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon30 min
May 29, 11:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon30 min
May 29, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides25 min
May 29, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides48 min
May 29, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides30 min
May 29, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron17 min
May 29, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides28 min
May 29, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion28 min
May 29, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia28 min
May 29, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard44 min
May 29, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu44 min
May 29, 6:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu5 hr
May 29, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard37 min
May 29, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Vernon44 min
May 29, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon34 min
May 29, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange40 min
May 29, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson41 min
May 29, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin32 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.