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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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.
- 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
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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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
LandreneauThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 86 min |
| May 2, 6:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 21 days |
| May 2, 8:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 54 min | |
| May 2, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 64 min |
| May 2, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 44 min |
| May 2, 9:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 54 min | |
| May 2, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 36 min | |
| May 2, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 47 min |
| May 2, 10:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 46 min |
| May 2, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 56 min | |
| May 2, 10:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 21 days |
| May 2, 10:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| May 2, 10:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| May 2, 11:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 29 min |
| May 2, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 15 min |
| May 2, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 9 min |
| May 2, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| May 2, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| May 2, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 59 min |
| May 2, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 6 hr |
| May 2, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 52 min |
| May 2, 4:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton | 65 min |
| May 2, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 54 min |
| May 2, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 66 min |
| May 2, 6:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 66 min |
| May 2, 7:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 4 hr |
| May 2, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 47 min |
| May 2, 7:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 25 min |
| May 2, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 59 min |
| May 2, 8:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 32 min |
| May 2, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 60 min |
| May 2, 8:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 3 hr |
| May 2, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 28 min |
| May 2, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 3 hr |
| May 2, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 45 min |
| May 2, 10:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 98 min |
| May 2, 10:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 44 min |
| May 2, 10:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 5 hr |
| May 2, 10:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 47 min |
| May 2, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 58 min |
| May 2, 11:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Orange, Tyler | 5 hr |
| May 2, 11:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 7 hr |
| May 2, 3:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 6 hr |
| May 2, 4:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Orange, Tyler | 16 hr |
| May 2, 6:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 38 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.