Widely scattered thunderstorms developed across the Lakes region of Southeast Texas during the afternoon hours, with some isolated damaging winds reported.
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Widely scattered thunderstorms developed across the Lakes region of Southeast Texas during the afternoon hours, with some isolated damaging winds reported.
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 3, 9:10 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1010 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 .UPDATE... A FEW SHOWERS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING. PRECIP WATER HAS CLIMBED TO AROUND 1.7 INCHES WITH THE MRNG CAPE 3664 J/KG. CLOUDS HAVE ALREADY STARTED DEVELOPING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TAP FOR TODAY. CURRENT ZONES LOOK FINE AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 628 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009/ AVIATION... FOR THE 03/12Z TAF ISSUANCE... CURRENTLY...SOME PATCHY FOG IS OCCURRING AT KAEX/KLCH/KBPT TAF SITES. THIS SHOULD QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNRISE. A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE IS IN PLACE...AND WITH DAYTIME HEATING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING. WITH MAX HEATING AND LEFT OVER SMALL-SCALE BOUNDARIES...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY MID AFTERNOON AND HAVE PLACED A TEMPO GROUP FROM ROUGHLY 18Z TO 22Z AT ALL TAF SITES TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...CONVECTION SHOULD DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. OVERNIGHT...A SURFACE TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE REGION. ENOUGH CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS TROUGH FOR SHOWERS TO RE- DEVELOP AND WILL MENTION VCSH AFTER 04/08Z. RUA PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 442 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009/ SYNOPSIS... UPPER ANALYSIS AND WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOW CWA BETWEEN TWO SYSTEMS...A SHORTWAVE OVER THE NWRN GULF OF MEXICO AND ANOTHER OVER CNTRL TX. THESE SHORTWAVES WERE EMBEDDED WITHIN A LONGER WAVE TROUGH OVER THE SRN PLAINS/LOWER MS VALLEY. MEANWHILE...FURTHER TO THE WEST...A DEEP CUTOFF LOW IS APPROACHING THE CNTRL CA COAST. MOISTURE HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE AREA WITH KLCH 00Z SOUNDING INDICATING PW OF 1.8 INCHES...UP FROM 1.2 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT. AT THE SFC...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST WAS RIDGING ACRS THE SERN STATES INTO LA. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED ACRS NE TX INTO SE OK WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SW TOWARD CNTRL TX. WINDS ARE MOSTLY CALM ACRS THE AREA WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 70. RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS THREE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ONE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF DISTURBANCE EAST OF THE AREA. TO THE WEST...A DECAYING MCS IS MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD SE TX. NORTH OF THIS...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AS THE COLD FRONT EDGES CLOSER TO THE AREA. FOR THIS MORNING...WHAT WAS ONCE OF SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS BREAKING UP QUICKLY AS IT APPROACHES A TRINITY TO HOUSTON LINE. THIS LINE HAS PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT WILL LIKELY ACT AS A TRIGGER FOR MORE STORMS LATER THIS MORNING OVER WRN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THE GULF SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO DEVELOP A SFC REFLECTION LATER TODAY NEAR THE SE LA COAST WHICH WILL MOVE NE INTO THE SERN STATES. THIS LOW WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS INTO SOUTH CNTRL LA BEGINNING THIS MORNING...WITH CHANCES INCREASING DURING THE AFTN. MEANWHILE...THE LOW OVER SE OK WILL BE PULLED EAST AS THE UPPER TROUGH MIGRATES ACRS THE LOWER MS VALLEY. AS THIS LOW MOVES EAST...IT WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WITH THIS APPROACHING FRONT...ALONG WITH AMPLE MOISTURE OVER THE AREA AND RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION...EXPECT ABOUT 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE BY THE AFTN. AM NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTN...BUT...LIKE YESTERDAY...A FEW ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL AND/OR STRONG WINDS THE LIKELIEST THREATS. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT...AFTER 06Z...AS THE FRONT CROSSES THE AREA AND STALLS BRIEFLY NEAR THE COAST. THE FRONT WILL BE PUSHED FURTHER OFFSHORE FRIDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EAST AND DEEP NORTHWESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS. THIS WILL USHER IN DRIER AIR FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS WEEKEND EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO LAST WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SFC AND ALOFT GAIN CONTROL WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...WARMER THAN NORMAL AFTNS AND MORNING LOWS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. THE SFC HIGH WILL MOVE EAST BY SUNDAY WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURNING. RAIN CHANCES REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MARINE... ONSHORE FLOW WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE COASTAL WATERS LATE THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL RESUME BRIEFLY ON FRIDAY. ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES CENTERED TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW THROUGH SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 87 70 87 66 90 / 50 40 30 10 0 KBPT 89 70 88 66 90 / 50 30 30 10 0 KAEX 88 68 84 64 91 / 50 40 20 10 0 KLFT 86 70 85 66 89 / 50 40 30 10 0 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 502 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-041015- 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- 502 AM CDT WED JUN 3 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 AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH AMPLE MOISTURE OVER THE AREA AND RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL AND/OR STRONG WINDS THE LIKELIEST THREATS. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONT CROSSES THE AREA AND STALLS BRIEFLY NEAR THE COAST. STORMS TONIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 24
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
KJAS radio station reported numerous trees and power lines blown down in southern Jasper on Shady Lane and South Wheeler Street. One tree was blown onto a car. Widespread power outages were reported across Jasper.
A large tree was blown over a highway east of Woodville. Reported by Tyler County Sheriff Office.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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