An upper level disturbance produced thunderstorms that produced damaging winds across southwest Louisiana.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance produced thunderstorms that produced damaging winds across southwest Louisiana.
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 25, 9:09 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1009 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 .UPDATE... CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS WELL AS IN THE COASTAL WATERS. CUMULUS FIELD EXPANDING AND DEEPENING ELSEWHERE. 12Z KLCH SOUNDING SHOWS A VERY UNSTABLE PROFILE WITH 500 MB TEMP RATHER COLD FOR SUMMER AT -10C...SO WILL LIKELY SEE A FEW STORMS REACH NEAR SEVERE LEVELS AGAIN TODAY. ONGOING FORECAST LOOKS GOOD WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS AND ONLY CHANGE IS TO NUDGE UP HIGH TEMPS IN NORTHERN ZONES A DEGREE. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. && SHAMBURGER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 451 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008/ SHORT/LONG TERM... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS AM DRIFTING NORTH. HIGH PRESSURE IS CENTERED OVER THE APPALACHIANS AND RIDGES DOWN INTO REGION ALLOWING FOR A WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO THE REGION. LATEST SOUNDING HAS PRECIP WATER AROUND 1.70 INCHES AND EXPECTED AFTN CAPES AROUND 3500 J/KG. THIS COMBINED WITH A WEAKNESS ALOFT OVER THE REGION AND A SOUTHERLY FETCH OFF THE GULF WILL ALLOW FOR THE FORMATION OF THE C-BRZ AS THE DAYTIME HEATING KICKS IN. HEAT INDEX INTO THE UPPER 90S BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IN SHORT...TYPICAL SE TX/SW LA SUMMER DAY WITH A BIT MORE IN THE WAY OF SHOWERS. BUT THEY ARE NEEDED AS THINGS HAVE DRIED OUT A BIT OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS. THEREFORE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND TEMPS AROUND 90 MOST LCTNS TODAY. ACTIVITY LOOKS TO END DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND REFORMING OFFSHORE ALONG THE LAND-BREEZE. TEMPS FALLING BACK INTO THE LWR 70S BY SUNRISE WITH A BIT OF FOG. TMRW LOOKS TO BE A REPEAT OF TODAY. BUT IT IS SUMMER AND ONCE A PATTERN SETS IN IT TAKES AWHILE TO TRANSITION TO ANOTHER PATTERN. AFTN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. AVIATION... A FEW STORMS AROUND ARA/LFT MOVING SLOWLY NE. OTHERWISE A BIT OF GROUND FOG THRU SUNRISE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 90 73 90 73 / 50 30 50 30 KBPT 91 75 90 74 / 50 30 50 30 KAEX 92 71 91 70 / 50 30 50 30 KLFT 91 73 91 73 / 50 30 50 30 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 430 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-260930- 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- 430 AM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 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 MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TAP TODAY AS THE COMBINATION OF A WEAKNESS ALOFT...GULF MOISTURE....SEA BREEZE...STORMS AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A STORM OR TWO MAY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE...HEAT INDEX INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S TODAY BEFORE CLOUDS AND RAINS COOL THE REGION LATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOWERS ND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND BEFORE TAPERING OFF A BIT. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX TO RUN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. K. KUYPER
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</html>The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:13 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down around the city of Sulphur.
Trees were blown down on power lines in Starks.
Trees were blown down on power lines around Reeves.
Many trees were blown down around Lake Charles.
Trees were blown down on power lines near DeRidder.
Trees were blown down on power lines north of Iowa.
Trees were blown down on power lines around Pitkin.
A large tree was blown down and damaged a mobile home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 122415, 122416, 122417, 122418, 122419, 122420, 122421, 122422.