An isolated severe storm blew a tree down in Vermilion Parish.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
An isolated severe storm blew a tree down in Vermilion Parish.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 26, 2:13 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 313 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007 .SHORT TERM... THE SURFACE FRONTAL TROUGH HAS MOVED SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS AND WAS LAST ANALYZED FROM NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE FRONT/TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE IN THAT POSITION BY MID DAY MONDAY. MEANWHILE...CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILING AT THE SURFACE. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO SOUTH OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA TODAY IS PROGGED TO MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND INTO CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY. IT SHOULD WEAKEN THURSDAY ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT TO REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA. AT LEAST WEAK INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW SHOULD HELP TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY...TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL EACH DAY. .LONG TERM... THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...RELATIVELY MOIST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ANOTHER FRONTAL TROUGH IS PROGGED TO MOVE SOUTH INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS SATURDAY. THE FRONT SHOULD DISSIPATE SUNDAY. CHANCES OR RAIN EACH DAY WILL CONTINUE ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION... VFR AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS. LIGHT FOG POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. && .MARINE... WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUING BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 75 91 73 89 / 20 50 30 50 KBPT 75 93 73 91 / 20 50 20 50 KAEX 72 95 72 92 / 20 40 20 50 KLFT 75 90 73 89 / 20 50 30 60 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 610 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-271115- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD- ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA- LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- 610 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ABUNDANT MOISTURE COUPLED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS INCREASING GULF MOISTURE COMBINES WITH A WEAKNESS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POTENTIAL HAZARDS WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 504 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007 LAZ045-053-262230- IBERIA-UPPER ST. MARTIN- 504 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007 ...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER FAR EASTERN IBERIA PARISH...SOUTHEASTERN UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH... AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED A STORM WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER EASTERN IBERIA PARISH...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF LAKE FAUSSE POINTE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED AUTOMOBILE. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS FOUND ON A BEACH OR GOLF COURSE OFFER NO PROTECTION. MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ARE STRUCK EITHER PRIOR TO THE RAIN REACHING THEIR LOCATION...OR AFTER THE RAIN HAS ENDED. BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. GET TO SAFE HARBOR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A LIGHTNING STORM THEN SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED VEHICLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SHAMBURGER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 528 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007 LAZ045-053>055-262300- IBERIA-LOWER ST. MARTIN-ST. MARY-UPPER ST. MARTIN- 528 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007 ...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER FAR EASTERN IBERIA PARISH...SOUTHEASTERN UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH...NORTH CENTRAL ST. MARY PARISH...NORTHERN LOWER ST. MARTIN PARISH... AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER FAR EASTERN IBERIA PARISH...OR AROUND 10 MILES EAST OF LAKE FAUSSE POINTE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED AUTOMOBILE. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS FOUND ON A BEACH OR GOLF COURSE OFFER NO PROTECTION. BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. GET TO SAFE HARBOR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A LIGHTNING STORM THEN SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED VEHICLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SHAMBURGER
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large 30 feet long, 6 inch diameter tree limb went through a car windshield near Kaplan.
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