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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 2, 2024Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2024, 3:49 AM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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 2, 2024, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2024, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 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 08:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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 2024-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1496 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 00:00Z on 2024-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-1.1

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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 1, 11:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 11:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 3:31 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
331 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

TXZ180-259-020930-
Northern Jasper TX-Tyler TX-
331 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT TYLER AND NORTHWESTERN JASPER
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 AM CDT...

At 331 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Corrigan to 6 miles
northeast of Alabama-Coushatta Reservation to 7 miles northwest of
Votaw. Movement was northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Woodville, Colmesneil, Chester, Warren, Ebenezer, Rockland, Ivanhoe,
and Hillister.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall of 1 to 2 inches is also occurring with these
storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle
through flooded roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3106 9456 3105 9449 3103 9447 3110 9413
      3053 9432 3053 9454 3101 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 245DEG 15KT 3107 9478 3077 9461 3053 9473

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Landreneau

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 6:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu86 min
May 2, 6:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon21 days
May 2, 8:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
May 2, 8:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard, Vernon64 min
May 2, 9:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu, Cameron44 min
May 2, 9:21 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
May 2, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH36 min
May 2, 9:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu, Cameron47 min
May 2, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon46 min
May 2, 10:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
May 2, 10:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu21 days
May 2, 10:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis46 min
May 2, 10:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu3 hr
May 2, 11:16 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis29 min
May 2, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson Davis15 min
May 2, 12:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson Davis9 min
May 2, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
May 2, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH62 min
May 2, 3:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHTyler59 min
May 2, 4:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Tyler6 hr
May 2, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Tyler52 min
May 2, 4:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton65 min
May 2, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin54 min
May 2, 5:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange66 min
May 2, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Tyler66 min
May 2, 7:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Tyler4 hr
May 2, 7:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange47 min
May 2, 7:50 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson25 min
May 2, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper, Newton59 min
May 2, 8:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson32 min
May 2, 8:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange60 min
May 2, 8:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange3 hr
May 2, 8:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson28 min
May 2, 8:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson, Orange3 hr
May 2, 9:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson45 min
May 2, 10:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHOrange98 min
May 2, 10:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson, Orange44 min
May 2, 10:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Tyler5 hr
May 2, 10:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson47 min
May 2, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson58 min
May 2, 11:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Orange, Tyler5 hr
May 2, 11:43 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHHardin, Jefferson, Orange7 hr
May 2, 3:05 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHJasper, Tyler6 hr
May 2, 4:32 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Orange, Tyler16 hr
May 2, 6:46 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson, Orange38 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.