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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 10, 2024Cameron Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2024, 7:21 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 10, 2024, 7:21 AM CDT (12:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2024, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cameron Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 10, 3:47 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 Apr 10, 6:47 AM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 6:47 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
647 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(Today through Friday night)
Issued at 355 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

Our long anticipated severe weather/heavy rain event is finally
underway with local 88Ds showing a cluster of very slow moving
thunderstorms covering interior sern TX/cntl LA with various ob
networks showing up to 8 inches of rain having fallen across this
area. Meanwhile, regional 88Ds show a developing line of storms
approaching Houston metro which is progged to further strengthen and
sweep into/across the forecast area later this morning. Special 04z
KLCH sounding showed reasonable helicity to go along with good
CAPE/shear and exceptional moisture, thus all modes of severe remain
in play through the event. And accordingly, SPC has now issued a
Tornado Watch for the entire forecast area valid til 09L/14z.

In addition, no changes are planned to going hazards (Flood
Watch/Wind Advisory) based on latest guidance.

After this initial round of convection departs the region,
expecting another round, although with far less coverage, of
showers/storms associated with the advancing stacked low/sfc
frontal boundary to cross later this afternoon.

Once the afternoon precip exits the area, dry conditions are
expected for the remainder of the short term period as a nwrly
flow aloft behind the departing shortwave gradually transitions
to a more wrly flow, while sfc high pressure builds over the
region. An initial burst of post-frontal cooler weather will
gradually moderate.

25

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Saturday through Wednesday)
Issued at 355 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

Slim rain chances return to the forecast for Tuesday as another
mid/upper-level shortwave combines with a limited moisture return
off the Gulf to produce widely scattered showers and storms over
our extreme nrn zones. Otherwise, the long term period of the
forecast looks to be dry.

25

&&

.AVIATION...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 646 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

No significant changes to previous TAF thinking...

25

(Little change to the overall forecast thinking since the
previous package. Still expected a large swath of heavy rain and
thunderstorms to move across the region over the next 12 hours or
so, bringing frequent lighting, gusty/damaging winds, low
ceilings, and reduced VIS to all terminals. Conditions will begin
to improve west to east through the late morning into the early
afternoon. Some light showers will be possible through the
afternoon after the main threat is over however, these showers
aren't expected to pose many issues. Conditions will improve
quickly from the afternoon into the evening hours.

17)

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 355 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

Extended the SCA on all of our waters based on latest guidance
this morning.

25

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX  78  53  75  47 / 100  10   0   0
LCH  78  56  77  51 /  90   0   0   0
LFT  80  59  77  53 / 100   0   0   0
BPT  79  54  79  53 /  80   0   0   0

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...Flood Watch through this evening for LAZ027>033.

     Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for LAZ033-044-045-055-
     073-074-141>143-152>154-241>243-252>254.

     Coastal Flood Advisory until 2 PM CDT this afternoon for LAZ073-
     074.

     Coastal Flood Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for
     LAZ252>254.

TX...Flood Watch through this evening for TXZ180-259-260.

     Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for TXZ515-516-615-616.

     Coastal Flood Advisory until 2 PM CDT this afternoon for TXZ615.

GM...Small Craft Advisory until 10 AM CDT Thursday for GMZ430-432.

     Small Craft Advisory until 10 AM CDT Thursday for GMZ435-436.

     Small Craft Advisory until 7 PM CDT Thursday for GMZ450-452-455-
     470-472-475.

&&

SHORT TERM...25
LONG TERM....25
AVIATION...25

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:07 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
707 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

LAZ028-029-101245-
Avoyelles LA-Rapides LA-
707 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN RAPIDES AND NORTHERN
AVOYELLES PARISHES THROUGH 745 AM CDT...

At 707 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lecompte, or 10 miles southeast of Alexandria, moving north at 35
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, Pineville, Marksville, Cheneyville, Alexandria
International Airport, Effie, Ball, Mansura, Lecompte, Hessmer,
Tioga, Timber Trails, Esler Regional Airport, Lake Ophelia National
Wildlife Refuge, Kingsville, Poland, Kolin, Ruby, Holloway, and
Deville.

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 55 and 91.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for central
Louisiana.

&&

LAT...LON 3141 9215 3136 9208 3133 9208 3134 9203
      3132 9200 3128 9202 3127 9199 3122 9199
      3125 9196 3122 9194 3123 9192 3128 9195
      3130 9191 3120 9173 3096 9228 3100 9238
      3099 9243 3120 9264 3143 9247 3148 9220
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 201DEG 30KT 3116 9239

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

Calhoun

Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:10 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:11 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
711 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

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

0600 AM     Marine Tstm Wind 2 S Port Arthur         29.87N 93.93W
04/10/2024  M63 MPH          Jefferson          TX   Buoy

            Buoy station PORT2 Port Arthur, TX.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:14 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:15 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
715 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

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

0714 AM     Flash Flood      5 ENE Hillister         30.68N 94.30W
04/10/2024                   Tyler              TX   Dept of Highways

            FM 1013 Closed.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:19 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
719 AM CDT Wed Apr 10 2024

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

0718 AM     Flash Flood      1 ENE Kirbyville        30.66N 93.89W
04/10/2024                   Jasper             TX   Public

            Significant flooding continues along Trout
            and Pin Oak Creeks in and around Kirbyville.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 10:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	63 min
Apr 9, 11:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	7 hr
Apr 9, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	65 min
Apr 10, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	51 min
Apr 10, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	45 min
Apr 10, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	46 min
Apr 10, 2:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	42 min
Apr 10, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	34 min
Apr 10, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	27 min
Apr 10, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	35 min
Apr 10, 5:07 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		53 min
Apr 10, 5:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	41 min
Apr 10, 5:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen	49 min
Apr 10, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette	31 min
Apr 10, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Apr 10, 5:47 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		43 min
Apr 10, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	52 min
Apr 10, 5:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	48 min
Apr 10, 6:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	45 min
Apr 10, 6:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	5 hr
Apr 10, 6:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Apr 10, 6:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	33 min
Apr 10, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		46 min
Apr 10, 6:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	43 min
Apr 10, 6:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	66 min
Apr 10, 6:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Vernon	9 hr
Apr 10, 6:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LCH	Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	47 min
Apr 10, 6:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	31 min
Apr 10, 6:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Saint Landry	42 min
Apr 10, 6:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	36 min
Apr 10, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 1 more	38 min
Apr 10, 7:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 3 more	58 min
Apr 10, 7:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	56 min
Apr 10, 7:06 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		54 min
Apr 10, 7:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	38 min
Apr 10, 7:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry	25 min
Apr 10, 7:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry, Vernon	57 min
Apr 10, 7:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Saint Landry	5 hr
Apr 10, 7:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	26 min
Apr 10, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vermilion	18 min
Apr 10, 7:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	56 min
Apr 10, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	25 min
Apr 10, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Apr 10, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	61 min
Apr 10, 8:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	3 hr
Apr 10, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LCH	Calcasieu	5 days
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	LCH	Allen	21 hr
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	4 days
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	21 days
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	11 hr
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	129 days
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	11 days
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	4 days
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	5 days
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	59 hr
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	21 days
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	4 days
Apr 10, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Jefferson Davis	21 days
Apr 10, 3:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	12 hr
Apr 9, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Tyler	52 min
Apr 9, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	49 min
Apr 9, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Tyler	38 min
Apr 9, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin	35 min
Apr 9, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	49 min
Apr 9, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	58 min
Apr 9, 8:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	10 hr
Apr 9, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	55 min
Apr 9, 9:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	33 min
Apr 9, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Newton	44 min
Apr 9, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	36 min
Apr 10, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Tyler	10 min
Apr 10, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Tyler	8 min
Apr 10, 2:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	LCH	Jasper, Newton	4 hr
Apr 10, 3:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	37 min
Apr 10, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Tyler	25 min
Apr 10, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson, Tyler	44 min
Apr 10, 5:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	59 min
Apr 10, 5:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	23 min
Apr 10, 5:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	20 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.