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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 30, 2024Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2024, 7:18 PM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 30, 2024, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2024, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 00:00Z on 2024-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2455 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2024-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2455 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.6

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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 30, 3:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon62 min
May 30, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon34 min
May 30, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHVernon18 min
May 30, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard35 min
May 30, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon62 min
May 30, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Vernon41 min
May 30, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHRapides, Vernon33 min
May 30, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHRapides26 min
May 30, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry44 min
May 30, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis32 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
May 30, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides64 min
May 30, 10:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
May 30, 10:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion40 min
May 30, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin65 min
May 30, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH67 min
May 30, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles48 min
May 30, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette, Saint Martin31 min
May 30, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH46 min
May 30, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
May 30, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion54 min
May 30, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
May 30, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary64 min
May 31, 9:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
May 31, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
May 31, 10:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
May 31, 11:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu26 min
May 31, 12:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis34 min
May 31, 12:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles, Rapides37 min
May 31, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH17 min
May 31, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia30 min
May 31, 1:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHRapides14 days
May 31, 7:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin, Jefferson, Tyler55 min
May 31, 1:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper24 hr
May 31, 1:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson7 hr

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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.