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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 30, 2025Avoyelles Parish, Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2025, 5:28 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 30, 2025, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 257 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2025-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2836 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2025-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2836 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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
Jul 29, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
Jul 30, 12:07 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH53 min
Jul 30, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary37 min
Jul 30, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
Jul 30, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
Jul 30, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Jul 30, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion28 min
Jul 30, 10:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
Jul 30, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH47 min
Jul 30, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia32 min
Jul 30, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen25 min
Jul 30, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
Jul 30, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary30 min
Jul 30, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH55 min
Jul 30, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen52 min
Jul 30, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis45 min
Jul 30, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSt. Mary32 min
Jul 30, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSt. Mary13 min
Jul 30, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu28 min
Jul 30, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis41 min
Jul 30, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu34 min
Jul 30, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette31 min
Jul 30, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH46 min
Jul 30, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron31 min
Jul 30, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin25 min
Jul 30, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon23 min
Jul 30, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron32 min
Jul 30, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles62 min
Jul 30, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion32 min
Jul 30, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides56 min
Jul 30, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion36 min
Jul 30, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu30 min
Jul 30, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin29 min
Jul 30, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon49 min
Jul 30, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu18 min
Jul 30, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides52 min
Jul 30, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron34 min
Jul 30, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette44 min
Jul 30, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry36 min
Jul 30, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia50 min
Jul 30, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline48 min
Jul 30, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHEvangeline25 min
Jul 30, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAcadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry30 min
Jul 30, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia26 min
Jul 30, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry44 min
Jul 30, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard21 min
Jul 30, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
Jul 30, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion37 min
Jul 30, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard33 min
Jul 30, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton24 min
Jul 30, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange37 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.