A rare cold front in southeast Texas helped produce some thunderstorms, one of which produced damaging winds.
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A rare cold front in southeast Texas helped produce some thunderstorms, one of which produced damaging winds.
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 16, 5:36 PM CST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 636 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011 .AVIATION... A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTN NEAR THE LAKES REGION AS WELL AS W CNTL LA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT ANY OF THE TAF SITES. VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 24 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 333 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011/ DISCUSSION... WITH A RELATIVELY DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE...TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED UP TODAY INTO THE LOWER 100S ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND UPPER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WITH UPPER 90S ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR...TO MID 90S RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. FORTUNATELY...MIXING HAS BROUGHT SOME LOWER DEW POINTS TO THE SURFACE WITH READINGS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S NORTH AND AROUND 70 SOUTH...AND HAS KEPT APPARENT TEMPERATURES BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. ALSO...SOME DECENT CU BUILD-UPS ARE NOTED OVER PLACES THAT HAVE EXCEEDED 100F DEGREES AND RIGHT ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. HOWEVER...THE VERY DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS HAVE SUPPRESSED THE CU ENOUGH THAT NO SHOWERS ARE NOTED ON THE RADAR. THERE MAY BE A STRAY SHOWER...MAINLY AROUND THE VERMILION BAY...BEFORE THE END OF MAX HEATING...BUT ANY ACTIVITY WOULD BE TOO ISOLATED AND SHORT LIVED TO MENTION IN GRIDS. THE MAIN INFLUENCE OF THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER TEXAS. THIS FEATURE WILL MEANDER A LITTLE TO THE WEST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME COOLING ALOFT WITH LESS OF A CAP...AND A MORE MOIST AIR MASS TO ENTER THE REGION. THEREFORE...WILL INTRODUCE SOME ISOLATED POPS ALONG THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN ON WEDNESDAY...THEN OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY. THESE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH MAX HEATING. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ON THE HOT SIDE WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S SOUTH AND AROUND 100F NORTH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE A DEGREE OR TWO LOWER OVER THE WEEKEND. SHOULD STILL BE ENOUGH MIXING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TO KEEP WIDESPREAD APPARENT TEMPERATURES AROUND 105F AND BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. RUA MARINE... A PERSISTENT PATTERN WITH WEAK BROAD HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MAINLY LIGHT WINDS AND LOW SEAS. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NOTED NEAR SHORE AND OVER THE COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS WITH THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE. RUA && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 77 98 77 97 / 10 10 10 20 KBPT 78 98 78 98 / 10 10 10 20 KAEX 74 102 74 100 / 10 10 10 20 KLFT 76 98 77 96 / 10 20 10 20 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && PUBLIC/MARINE...07 AVIATION...24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 351 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-170900- 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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 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-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER- NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 351 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...LA...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM 101 TO 107...WITH HIGHER VALUES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. THE MOST DANGEROUS READINGS WILL BE BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO DELAY ANY STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO BEFORE OF AFTER THESE HOURS. ALSO...DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS...WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING AND TRY TO STAY INSIDE AIR CONDITION LOCATIONS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HOT DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK WITH HEAT INDICES WELL OVER 100 ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN LATE WEDNEDAY...BUT ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECASTED FOR LATE WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 06
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown over near Burkeville during a severe thunderstorm.
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