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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 11, 2024Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2024, 8:40 PM CST for Iberia Parish, Saint Martin Parish, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 20 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: Feb 11, 2024, 8:40 PM CST (02:40 UTC)
Expired: Feb 11, 2024, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, St. Mary Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1683 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 4.4

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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 Feb 11, 6:06 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 6:06 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 11, 5:24 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
524 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024

LAZ028-029-120000-
Avoyelles LA-Rapides LA-
524 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL RAPIDES AND NORTHWESTERN
AVOYELLES PARISHES THROUGH 600 PM CST...

At 523 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gardner, or 8 miles northeast of Hineston, moving northeast at 45
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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...
Alexandria, Pineville, Alexandria International Airport, Ball,
Deville, Libuse, Tioga, Timber Trails, Esler Regional Airport, Elmer,
Kingsville, Kolin, Gardner, Centerpoint, Holloway, Paradise, and
Woodworth.

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 72 and 97.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CST for central
Louisiana.

&&

LAT...LON 3147 9216 3146 9217 3145 9216 3141 9215
      3136 9208 3133 9208 3134 9203 3132 9200
      3130 9200 3129 9201 3130 9201 3129 9202
      3128 9201 3128 9203 3107 9267 3133 9275
      3140 9258 3148 9219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 232DEG 38KT 3121 9264

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Calhoun

Special weather statement, Feb 11, 5:40 PM CST, 3 hours before

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Special weather statement, Feb 11, 6:12 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 11, 6:31 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 11, 6:59 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
659 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024

LAZ029-120115-
Avoyelles LA-
659 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN AVOYELLES PARISH
THROUGH 715 PM CST...

At 659 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Brouillette, or near Effie, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea 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...
Effie, Brouillette, and Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3132 9200 3130 9200 3130 9201 3128 9202
      3127 9199 3124 9200 3122 9199 3125 9196
      3123 9194 3123 9192 3127 9195 3130 9193
      3127 9183 3112 9213 3131 9220 3132 9218
      3130 9216 3134 9209 3133 9208 3134 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 231DEG 45KT 3124 9209

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Calhoun

Local storm report, Feb 11, 7:19 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
719 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     Hail             Spurger                 30.69N 94.18W
02/11/2024  E1.75 inch       Tyler              TX   Public

            Multiple photos received of hail up to golf
            ball size in the city of Spurger.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 11, 6:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	33 min
Feb 11, 6:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	15 min
Feb 11, 6:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	29 min
Feb 11, 6:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	16 min
Feb 11, 7:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		45 min
Feb 11, 7:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion	40 min
Feb 11, 7:38 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		67 min
Feb 11, 8:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	41 min
Feb 11, 8:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	42 min
Feb 11, 9:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	42 min
Feb 11, 9:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	28 min
Feb 11, 9:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin	19 min
Feb 11, 10:41 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		34 min
Feb 11, 10:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	55 min
Feb 11, 11:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	3 hr
Feb 11, 11:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	45 min
Feb 11, 11:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	32 min
Feb 11, 11:18 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		44 min
Feb 12, 12:00 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Feb 12, 12:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	45 min
Feb 12, 12:35 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		55 min
Feb 12, 12:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	28 min
Feb 12, 12:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	8 min
Feb 12, 1:18 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		42 min
Feb 12, 2:08 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more	16 hr
Feb 12, 2:25 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		25 hr
Feb 12, 2:33 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		27 min
Feb 12, 9:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	21 days
Feb 12, 12:03 PM CST	Low Water Advisory	LCH		3 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.