An isolated severe thunderstorm produced wind damage in Jasper County near Buna.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm produced wind damage in Jasper County near Buna.
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 Jul 22, 11:28 AM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1228 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011 .AVIATION UPDATE...REGARDING 18Z TAF ISSUANCE. A TROF OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT SITUATED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. MVFR VSBY AND CEILINGS WILL ACCOMPANY CONVECTION...OTHERWISE ANTICIPATING VFR. && MARCOTTE && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 957 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011/ UPDATE... VERY MOIST AIR REMAINS OVER THE FORECAST AREA WITH THE UPPER AIR SOUNDING FROM KLCH AT 22/12Z SHOWING PWAT AT 2.3 INCHES. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS VORT MAX MOVING WEST INTO THE FORECAST AREA AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. THIS VORT MAX SHOULD HELP COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND THE MOIST UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FORECAST SEEMS TO HAVE THIS HANDLED AND NO UPDATE PLANNED AT THIS TIME. RUA PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 632 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011/ DISCUSSION... 12Z TAFS AVIATION... A WETTER THAN TYPICAL DAY IN STORE AS AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPING NEAR THE COAST AND OFFSHORE THIS MORNING AND COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP TSRA AT ALL SITES FROM 17Z THROUGH 02Z SATURDAY. ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DECLINE BY LATE EVENING AS THE WAVE WASHES OUT AS WELL AS THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. 66 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011/ SYNOPSIS... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATES PERSISTENT RIDGE CONTINUES TO BE LOCATED OVER THE MID WEST. SUBTLE VORTICIES/WAVES ARE NOTED ROTATING WESTWARD AROUND THE RIDGE AND ONE SUCH FEATURE IS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES HAVE INCREASED FROM 24 HOURS AGO AND VALUES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ARE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN LOUISIANA-WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND THE NORTHERN GULF THESE VALUES ARE 110 TO 120 PERCENT OF NORMAL. DISCUSSION... GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE APPROACH OF A WAVE FEATURE MOVING WEST AROUND THE UPPER RIDGE TODAY. WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AND WITH YESTERDAYS RAINFALL COVERAGE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH GOING CLOSER TO MET POPS FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY AS THIS FEATURE PASSES. THUS POPS WERE RAISED A BIT. IN ADDITION HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE LOWERED WITH CLOUDS AND RAINFALL TODAY AND TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES IN THE SHORT TERM WERE GENERALLY A BLEND OF THE SREF AND MOS WHICH SEEMED TO CAPTURE THE ABOVE MENTIONED SITUATION WELL. MODELS SCENARIOS ARE NOT AS CLEAR BEYOND DAY TWO AS THE DIFFERENT MODELS BEGIN TO GIVE VARYING SOLUTIONS. STILL NO MATTER WHAT MODEL ONE CHOOSES...DOES APPEAR THAT RAIN CHANCES DIMINISHING TO BELOW CLIMO AND TEMPERATURES INCREASING ONCE AGAIN TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK IS A GOOD ROUTE TO TAKE. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE FEATURE IS DEPICTED TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK WITH INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ONCE AGAIN AND SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES. BRAZZELL MARINE... WINDS IN THE NORTHWEST GULF HAVE INCREASED A BIT ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SURFACE RIDGE AND THIS WINDS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH SEAS LESS THAN 4 FEET EXPECTED. GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM THE NEXT FEW DAYS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 90 78 90 78 92 / 50 30 50 20 30 KBPT 93 79 93 77 94 / 40 30 40 10 20 KAEX 92 76 92 76 95 / 60 50 60 30 40 KLFT 89 78 89 77 92 / 60 50 60 30 40 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 416 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011 LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-230930- 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- 416 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON WITH RAIN CHANCES DIMINISHING TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. ANY OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-230930- 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- 416 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF...MAINLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 3 MILES AT TIMES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS THAT COULD CAUSE LOCALLY INCREASED SEAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A porch roof was blown off a mobile home and a pine tree was down on a power line.
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