As a cold front moved across the region, a couple of thunderstorms became severe and caused wind damage in Jasper and Tyler County.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
As a cold front moved across the region, a couple of thunderstorms became severe and caused wind damage in Jasper and Tyler County.
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 Dec 15, 5:17 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
517 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
VERY BUSY MORNING WITH NUMEROUS IMPACTS TO FORECAST TODAY.
POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY...WITH SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...POST-FRONTAL WINDS...AND
TEMPERATURES THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES.
THE COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM SHREVEPORT
TO WEST OF HUNTSVILLE TO EAST OF SAN ANTONIO. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF
THE FRONT...WITH SOME SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS
THE CWA. RAINFALL SEEMS LIKE A CERTAINTY AND WILL GO CATEGORICAL
ON POPS TODAY...TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST WITH FRONTAL
PASSAGE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRICKY WITH HIGHS OCCURRING AHEAD OF
THE FRONT AND PRIOR TO PRECIP ONSET...WITH FALLING TEMPS
THEREAFTER.
SPC HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW INCREASINGLY
FAVORABLE KINEMATICS FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH 0-3KM SRH VALUES OF 200-300 M2/S2 AND
DEEP LAYER SHEAR AROUND 60 KNOTS. DESPITE WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER
AND A LOW LEVEL INVERSION IN PLACE THIS MORNING...NAM AND RUC
SOUNDINGS BOTH ERODE THE INVERSION DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS
LEADING TO CAPE VALUES GENERALLY FROM 500 TO 1000 J/KG AREAWIDE
BUT AS HIGH AS 1500 J/KG PER NAM IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. THIS MAY
LEAD TO SOME SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...PARTICULARLY
SOUTHERN ZONES AND COASTAL WATERS WHERE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
WILL BE HIGHER. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL AND
DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS...BUT A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE IF SURFACE BASED CONVECTION CAN DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES.
MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL BE USHERED IN BEHIND THE
FRONT...WITH A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT LEADING TO GUSTY WINDS
ACROSS THE AREA. CLOSE LOOK AT MODELS INDICATES SOUTHERN ZONES
WILL REACH LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA TODAY...AND HAVE ISSUED AN
ADVISORY ACCORDINGLY. EVEN STRONGER WINDS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS...WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE NEAR GALE
FORCE AT TIMES.
DID NOT HAVE MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT EXTENDED AND FEW CHANGES WERE
MADE AFTER TODAY. STILL APPEARS A DECENT FREEZE WILL BE SEEN
MONDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF I-10 WITH TEMPERATURES DOWN INTO
THE UPPER 20S IN NORTHERN ZONES. ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS BY TUESDAY
WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES AND LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS
BACK IN THE PICTURE NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...
MESSY WEATHER DAY WITH IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS
MORNING BECOMING MVFR LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALL TAF SITES. WINDS TO SWITCH TO
NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS
POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN TAF SITES. ALL
TERMINALS SHOULD REACH VFR BY THIS EVENING.
&&
.MARINE...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY AS A
POWERFUL COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AFTER FRONTAL
PASSAGE...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND COOLER AIR MOVING OVER THE
WARMER GULF WATERS WILL CREATE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. MODELS ALL
INDICATE SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 30 KNOTS WILL BE SEEN FOR MUCH
OF THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
KNOTS POSSIBLE. APPEARS GALE WARNING LOCAL CRITERIA OF SUSTAINED
35+ KNOTS WILL NOT BE MET BUT IT WILL BE CLOSE...AND AN UPGRADE TO
GALE WARNING FOR THE OUTER WATERS IS STILL POSSIBLE LATER TODAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 69 34 55 32 / 100 0 0 0
KBPT 69 34 55 33 / 100 0 0 0
KAEX 66 32 52 28 / 80 10 0 0
KLFT 71 35 54 31 / 80 10 0 0
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 9 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ACADIA...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...IBERIA...
JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY...
UPPER ST. MARTIN...AND VERMILION.
TX...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 9 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 9 AM SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: 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...AND WATERS FROM
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING
FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.
&&
SHAMBURGERHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 550 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-161200- 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- 550 AM CST SAT DEC 15 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 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY...WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY LEVELS WILL BE GENERALLY LOW...FAVORABLE SHEAR VALUES AND HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS SUGGEST A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR WHERE MOISTURE LEVELS AND INSTABILITY WILL BE SOMEWHAT HIGHER. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ENDING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 30S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FREEZE IS EXPECTED MONDAY MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S IN THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. WARMER TEMPERATURES AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS...WILL RETURN BY MIDWEEK AND CONTINUE INTO THE END OF NEXT WEEK. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY. SHAMBURGER
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:39 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado briefly touched down near Warren. Several pine trees were blown down or uprooted, one home had some sheet metal roofing blown off a patio and a fence was blown down.
A tree was blown down on power lines on County Road 351.
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