A 25 year old man died after he was struck by lightning while working on a barge near Port Arthur, Texas.
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A 25 year old man died after he was struck by lightning while working on a barge near Port Arthur, Texas.
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 29, 9:40 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1040 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2007 .UPDATE... GRIDS AND ON-GOING FORECAST LOOK TO BE ON TRACK THIS MORNING AND DO NOT PLAN ON MAKING ANY BIG CHANGES. WATER VAPOR SHOWS UPPER LOW OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS WITH DEEP SOUTH FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THIS SOUTH FLOW IS BRINGING IN RICH GULF MOISTURE WITH PWAT VALUES OVER 2 INCHES. WITH TRIGGER TEMPS IN THE MID 80S BEING MET...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ALONG THE COAST. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MIGRATE INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MAIN CONCERNS AT THIS TIME WITH THE STORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING. && RUA && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 246 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2007/ DISCUSSION...QUIET NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING JUST A BIT OF CIRRUS INLAND...WHILE LOCAL RADAR INDICATING A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE NEAR COASTAL WATERS...MAINLY IN THE MARSH ISLAND/ATCHAFALAYA BASIN AREA. VERY UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUING. AREA CURRENTLY IN A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN CONUS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS AND COASTAL WATERS. IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS...AREA IS BETWEEN HIGH PARKED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS AND INVERTED TROF/SHEAR AXIS ORIENTED SSW-NEE THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS. EVENING LCH SOUNDING DEPICTING VERY TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE WITH A PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE OF 2.30 INCHES...THIS NEAR 50 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL. HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES TO GRID/FORECAST PACKAGE. WILL BE MAINTAINING ABOVE CLIMO POPS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE FORECAST. MODELS DEPICTING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BEING MAINTAINED ABOVE 2 INCHES. CURRENT SYNOPTIC PATTERN HOLDS MOISTURE HIGH FOR TODAY. REGION COMES UNDER MORE OF AN INFLUENCE OF TROF DIGGING DOWN FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY...WITH FEATURE LINGERING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE COMING WORKWEEK. COULD SEE SUFFICIENT PUSH FROM TROF TO SEE CURRENT MID PLAINS FRONT MAKE IT INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND...STALLING THEN WASHING OUT. STORM MOTION WILL BE SOMEWHAT ON THE SLOW SIDE TODAY...10 KNOTS OR LESS. STRONGER STORMS COULD BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AREA COVERAGE OF POTENTIAL PROBLEM WILL BE LIMITED THOUGH SO WILL JUST MAKE MENTION IN THIS MORNINGS HWO. OTHERWISE... LOOKING FOR NEAR CLIMO TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. TROPICS REMAIN QUIET. AVIATION...CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER AHEAD FOR TODAY. CLOUD HEIGHTS HOWEVER EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE VFR RANGE EXCEPT WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. MARINE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING WEST ACROSS THE GULF WATERS WILL MAINTAIN LIGHT WINDS AND LOW SEAS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. DISTURBANCES ALOFT HOWEVER WILL BRING A DAILY CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 90 74 90 74 / 60 30 50 30 KBPT 89 73 91 74 / 60 30 50 30 KAEX 89 73 91 73 / 60 30 50 30 KLFT 90 74 89 74 / 60 30 50 30 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 418 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2007 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-300930- 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- 418 AM CDT WED AUG 29 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 CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...BECOMING ISOLATED TONIGHT...AS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR GULF AIR IS TRANSPORTED NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. SLOW MOVEMENT WITH STRONGER STORMS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOWLAND AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS. AT THIS TIME SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A CONTINUATION OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 25 year old man was killed when lightning struck him. He was working on a barge near the Motiva Port Arthur dock.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Jefferson | 2007-08-29 | 25 | Male | Boating | Direct |
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