Widely scattered thunderstorms developed during the morning hours across southeast Texas and continued into the afternoon. A localized microburst struck the Southeast Texas Regional Airport in Nederland, producing a wind gust of 73 mph.
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Widely scattered thunderstorms developed during the morning hours across southeast Texas and continued into the afternoon. A localized microburst struck the Southeast Texas Regional Airport in Nederland, producing a wind gust of 73 mph.
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 2, 12:18 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 118 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 .AVIATION... STORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND LOOKS TO MOVE OUT OF LFT AND ARA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...WHILE AT BPT STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE SE TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT AND LOOKS TO BE IN THE VICINITY BY 19 OR 20Z. HAVE INCLUDED TSTMS MOVING INTO LCH LATER IN THE DAY FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX LOOKS TO BE MOVING TO THE NORTH EAST. MVFR/IFR IN AND AROUND TSTMS THIS AFTN. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1014 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009/ UPDATE... ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES TO INCREASE MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE 12Z KLCH SOUNDING SHOWING A DRAMATIC RISE IN PWAT TO NEARLY 1.5 INCHES...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE INSTABILITY. ALTHOUGH A SIZABLE CAP EXISTS AROUND 800MB...CONVECTION HAS HAD NO PROBLEM DEVELOPING ALL ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING WITH SOME SIZEABLE THUNDERSTORMS NOTED. WITH BROAD ROTATION NOTED IN A FEW STORMS THIS MORNING AND VEERING WIND PROFILE ON 12Z KLCH SOUNDING...WATERSPOUT FORMATION IS LIKELY TODAY AND HAVE ISSUED STATEMENTS HIGHLIGHTING THE POTENTIAL. HAVE ADJUSTED AND RAISED POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS...WITH HIGHEST POPS IN ACADIANA. EXPECT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND TO THE I-10 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE MORNING WITH SOME ACTIVITY REACHING NORTHERN ZONES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SHAMBURGER PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 639 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009/ AVIATION... WEAK BOUNDARY STRETCHES ACROSS THE COASTAL PARISHES AND COUNTIES FROM NEAR PATTERSON TO BEAUMONT...DELINEATING WEAK NORTHEASTERLY FLOW TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING SOUTHERN TAF SITES...AND SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW TO THE SOUTH. THIS BOUNDARY HAS BEEN A FOCUS FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS MORNING AS INDICATED BY KLCH 88D. INCLUDED VCSH FOR SOUTHERN TAF SITES THIS MORNING AS THIS BOUNDARY GRADUALLY WASHES OUT...ALLOWING WINDS TO BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY AREAWIDE BY 15-16Z. IN ADDITION...SOME LIGHT PATCHY FOG HAS DEVELOPED THIS MORNING AT KAEX AND KLCH (WHERE A QUICK STEP OUTSIDE INDICATED SOME SMOKE WAS MIXED IN). FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...WILL CONTINUE WITH VCTS AT TAF SITES...BUT MAY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE (AND THUS NEED TO ADD A PROB OR TEMPO GROUP) AT KLFT AND KARA LATER TODAY WHERE BETTER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE LOCATED. ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH WINDS BECOMING LIGHT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 409 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009/ SYNOPSIS... A STATIONARY WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND EAST-TO-WEST ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST LATER TODAY...WASHING OUT BY WEDNESDAY. A MIDWEST COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE INTO THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...BEFORE EXITING SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA JUST BEFORE NOON ON THURSDAY. FURTHER-UP...A DEEP CUT-OFF LOW JUST OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO DRIFT SOUTH AND EAST. SEVERAL PACIFIC SHORTWAVES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CUT-OFF...ARE PROPAGATING EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH DESERT MEXICO TO ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND LOUISIANA. CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED ON WEDNESDAY...AS A SHARP RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...IN RESPONSE TO FURTHER DEEPENING OF THE CUT-OFF LOW. THE PACIFIC SHORTWAVES WILL BE DIVERTED NORTHWARD AROUND THE RIDGE...BEFORE EMERGING OUT OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE...TRAVELING SOUTHEAST. DISCUSSION... FOR TODAY...ADVECTING GULF AIR WILL ASCEND SLANTWISE UPON ENCOUNTERING THE STATIONARY FRONT AT THE COAST. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ALONG WITH RAIN CHANCES. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN THE AFTERNOON...AS PASSING PACIFIC SHORTWAVES AUGMENT THE GENTLE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPGLIDING (OR SLANTWISE ASCENDING) GULF AIR. DESPITE THE ABOVE REASONING...CONFIDENCE IN TODAYS FORECAST IS LOW...DUE TO ONGOING CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GFS GUIDANCE. THE GFS DEPICTS A GRID-SCALE THUNDERSTORM...ITS SIZE ENCOMPASSING THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS GRID-SCALE THUNDERSTORM INDUCES FRONTAL-WAVE CYCLOGENESIS ON THE STATIONARY FRONT...VICINITY THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. CONSEQUENTLY...I WILL RELY ON PERSISTENCE FOR THE RAIN CHANCES AND THE WIND SPEED AND WIND DIRECTION. FOR TONIGHT...EXPECT MOST CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO CEASE. THE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE RUNNING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SLANTWISE ASCENDING GULF AIR WILL BE IN PLACE. THE PRIMARY CHANGE WILL BE THE APPEARANCE OF SHORTWAVES EMANATING OUT OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE. THE MORE FAVORABLE WESTERLY SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLORADO SHORTWAVES MAY ORGANIZE THE CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE ONCE AGAIN REMAINS LOW...DUE TO THE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEM. THE GFS DEPICTS ANOTHER GRID-SCALE THUNDERSTORM...ITS SIZE ENCOMPASSING THE EASTERN HALF OF TEXAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. OUTLOOK... A MIDWEST HIGH WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING FRONT ON THURSDAY. THE POST FRONTAL STRATUS (OR WRAP-AROUND CLOUDS) WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 87 71 87 69 86 / 30 10 40 40 30 KBPT 87 72 87 70 86 / 30 10 40 40 30 KAEX 89 67 88 68 86 / 20 10 40 40 20 KLFT 88 70 87 69 86 / 30 10 40 40 30 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 430 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-031100- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- 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 TUE JUN 2 2009 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 ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN THE AFTERNOON. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A MIDWEST COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE INTO THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...BEFORE EXITING SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA JUST BEFORE NOON ON THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETTER ORGANIZED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING...TAPERING OFF WITH PASSAGE OF FRONT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 935 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 LAZ041>045-051>055-TXZ215-216-021800- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON- ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY... LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA... MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 935 AM CDT TUE JUN 2 2009 ...TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS POSSIBLE TODAY... A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE OVER THE AREA IS LIGHT AND VARIABLE. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS. TROPICAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE USUALLY SHORT LIVED AND DO NOT REACH THE GROUND...AND TYPICALLY FORM WHERE RAIN COOLED BOUNDARIES... KNOWN AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES INTERSECT. IF THE FUNNEL CLOUD BECOMES MORE SEVERE AND REACHES THE GROUND...MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR...AND A TORNADO WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED. WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO USUALLY SHORT LIVED AND FORM UNDERNEATH DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COASTAL LAKES... BAYS...AND WATERS OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. WATERSPOUTS CAN BE DANGEROUS TO BOATS...AND MARINERS SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM ANY WATERSPOUTS IF THEY ARE ENCOUNTERED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SHAMBURGER
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The KBPT ASOS measured a wind gust of 73 mph from a localized microburst. No damage was reported at the Southeast Texas Regional Airport.
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