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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 29, 2024Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2024, 6:31 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 44 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, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2024, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 4:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
531 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

LAZ030-141-292315-
Beauregard LA-Northern Calcasieu LA-
531 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL BEAUREGARD AND
NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES THROUGH 615 PM CDT...

At 531 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Buhler, or near De Quincy, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor
         objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
De Quincy, Ragley, Oretta, Buhler, and Gillis.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3044 9313 3040 9313 3027 9346 3044 9362
      3059 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 232DEG 10KT 3036 9345

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, May 29, 6:08 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
608 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

LAZ030-031-292345-
Allen LA-Beauregard LA-
608 PM CDT Wed May 29 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN BEAUREGARD AND
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN PARISHES THROUGH 645 PM CDT...

At 608 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Singer to near Longville to near Reeves.
Movement was northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to vegetation and outdoor
         objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
De Ridder, Reeves, Dry Creek, Longville, Tulla, and Bundick Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3082 9334 3078 9309 3054 9292 3044 9315
      3053 9323 3056 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 213DEG 7KT 3065 9332 3059 9320 3049 9309

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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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, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron32 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, 6:56 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.