An isolated severe thunderstorm blew some trees down near Opelousas.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm blew some trees down near Opelousas.
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 Jun 11, 1:45 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2007 .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES AROUND THE FORECAST AREA HAVE REACHED THE LOW TO MID 90S AND WITH THAT WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES ARE RELATIVELY LIGHT AND WEAK...HOWEVER CAPE VALUES ARE RATHER RESPECTABLE. LATEST LAPS UPPER AIR SOUNDING ALSO SUGGEST THAT SOME WET MICRO-BURST POTENTIAL EXIST WITH THE STORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP. ALSO...WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR. ACTIVITY IS MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND SHOULD DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO HANG AROUND THE REGION THROUGH MID-WEEK. HOWEVER...HIGH MOISTURE REMAINS TRAPPED UNDER THE RIDGE AND WITH DAYTIME HEATING EACH AFTERNOON...A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO FORM...THEN DISSIPATE IN THE EVENING AFTER SUNSET. THE MID LEVEL RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BREAK DOWN BY THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROF APPROACHES THE REGION. THIS WILL LIKELY HELP BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE TROF ACTIVITY MAY LINGER A LITTLE LONGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND BEGIN A LITTLE SOONER DURING THE DAYTIME. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON GENERALLY FROM 4-5 THOUSAND FT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITH MAX HEATING AND LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL BE VERY SLOW MOVING AS A RESULT OF LIGHT WINDS ALOFT. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. ANY CLOUDS WILL BE OF THE HIGH CIRRUS VARIETY WITH NO IMPACT TO AVIATION. WILL SEE SOME LOW LEVEL CU AROUND 3000 FT DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. && .MARINE... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE OUT OF A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AND INCREASE BY THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS AND A TROF APPROACHES THE COASTAL WATERS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 73 93 73 92 / 20 30 30 30 KBPT 74 93 74 93 / 20 30 30 30 KAEX 72 95 71 94 / 30 30 30 30 KLFT 74 93 73 93 / 30 30 30 30 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && PUBLIC DISCUSSION/MARINE: RUA AVIATION: MARCOTTE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 435 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2007 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-120945- 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- 435 AM CDT MON JUN 11 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 WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TODAY BY LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND AS A VERY WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES INDICATE A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG AT TIMES EACH DAY WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREAT...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SHAMBURGER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large pecan trees were blown down.
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