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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 25, 2024Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2024, 11:18 AM CDT for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 13 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
Sep 25, 2024, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2024, 11:31 AM CDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 318 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1324 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon62 min
Sep 25, 10:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon28 min
Sep 25, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen43 min
Sep 25, 3:41 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH39 hr
Sep 25, 8:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper, Tyler32 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.