An isolated severe thunderstorm blew trees down in Cameron Parish.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm blew trees down in Cameron 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 Jun 13, 8:38 AM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 938 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2007 .UPDATE...LAND BREEZE CONVECTION OVER THE NEAR COASTAL WATERS MOVING SOUTH. EXPECTING A GRADUAL DISSIPATION AS LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WEAKENS. OTHERWISE...SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INLAND THIS AFTERNOON. MORNING LCH SOUNDING INDICATING A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH COMING IN AT 1.97 INCHES. CURRENT ZONES LOOK GOOD AND NO UPDATE COMING. && MARCOTTE && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 320 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2007/ SHORT TERM... AT MID TO UPPER LEVELS...RIDGE WILL BE BUILDING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE RIDGE AXIS SHOULD MOVE OVERHEAD THURSDAY. PROGS INDICATE A MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE MOVING SOUTH OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AT THE SURFACE...MODELS INDICATE THE STATIONARY FRONT THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDING GENERALLY SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL WEAKEN TODAY AND MOVE NORTH AS A SURFACE TROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREA WIDE TODAY IN THE VICINITY OF THE WEAKENING FRONT ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO THE EVENING AS THE MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS MOVES INTO THE AREA. CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE BETTER IN DEEPER MOISTURE AND MORE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR FRIDAY WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF RAIN IN DEEPER MOISTURE OVER THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. LONG TERM... AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL. HIGHEST PRESSURE WILL BE TO OUR EAST ALLOWING A LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY OR SOUTHERLY FLOW. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AVIATION... LIGHT FOG POSSIBLE MAINLY AT AEX EARLY THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE VFR. MARINE... WITH HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILING...WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LIGHT SIDE...BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 93 72 90 73 / 30 30 40 20 KBPT 93 71 90 72 / 30 30 50 20 KAEX 95 69 90 70 / 30 30 30 20 KLFT 94 73 91 72 / 30 30 30 20 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 546 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2007 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-141100- 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- 546 AM CDT WED JUN 13 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 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. NO SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 159 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007 LAZ051-131945- CAMERON- 159 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007 ...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH THROUGH 245 PM... AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED A STORM WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...PRODUCING 10 TO 15 CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES PER MINUTE...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKEFELLER WILDLIFE RANGE. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGH 82 BETWEEN GRAND CHENIER AND THE ROCKEFELLER WILDLIFE REFUGE...AS WELL AS...IN THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. 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. ALSO...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITES. RUA
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down.
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