An isolated report of hail was received from a thunderstorm in Southeast Texas.
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An isolated report of hail was received from a thunderstorm in Southeast Texas.
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 Dec 4, 11:57 AM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1157 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 .DISCUSSION... FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE. && .AVIATION... REGIONAL 88DS LINING UP WELL WITH LATEST MODEL RUNS BY SHOWING A PAIR OF DISTINCT AREAS OF CONVECTION WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS OR STORMS IN BETWEEN. FIRST AREA OF PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH A DEPARTING WEAK SHORTWAVE/SPEED MAX IS COVERING LOWER ACADIANA WITH A FEW EMBEDDED STORMS AND SHOULD BE MOVING OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. OTHER PRIMARY AREA OF CONVECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN SHORTWAVE/SFC FRONT AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THEME OF ALL THIS IS HIGH POPS...MAINLY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS TEMPO THUNDER...WITHIN THESE AREAS UNTIL FROPA TONIGHT AT WHICH TIME MAINLY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR A FEW HOURS. ALSO EXPECTING SOME FRONTAL TYPE FOG LATE TONIGHT WITH PLENTIFUL LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE POOLED WITHIN THE STABLE POST-FRONTAL AIR. VFR VISIBILITIES SHOULD RETURN BY MID-MORNING...ALTHOUGH CEILINGS COULD STILL BE ON THE MVFR SIDE AT THAT TIME. 25 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1116 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2012/ UPDATE... COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FM WRN ARK SW INTO CNTL TX. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEPICTED ON THE REGIONAL RADAR MOSAIC...ONE BAND OVER SRN LA AND MS AND ANOTHER CLOSER TO THE FRONT ACRS CNTL AND ERN TX. TEMPERATURES AS OF 10 AM WERE IN THE LOWER 70S UNDER WIDESPREAD CLOUDS...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER 60S WHERE SHOWERS HAVE RECENTLY OCCURRED. FCST IS GENERALLY ON TRACK...ALTHOUGH ADJUSTED HOURLY TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS MORE IN LINE WITH OBS...AND LOWERED MAX TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO WITH CLOUDS AND SHOWERS TO PERSIST OVER THE AREA TODAY. ADDITIONALLY...SEVERE THREAT LOOKS MARGINAL WITH WEAK SHEAR AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH CAPES BETWEEN 1000-2000 J/KG...MAINLY ACRS LOWER SE TX INTO SW LA. PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. WILL UPDATE HWO TO INCLUDE MENTION OF THIS LATER THIS AFTN AND EVENING. 24 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 752 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2012/ UPDATE...CURRENT RADAR SHOWING RAINS ADVANCING IN A MORE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DIRECTION FOCUSED ALONG A WEAKENING THETA-E RIDGE. THUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE OVER ACADIANA AND HAVE RAISED POPS ACCORDINGLY. UPDATE OUT. MARCOTTE PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 536 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2012/ DISCUSSION... A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE...LOCATED JUST OFFSHORE THE CAROLINA COAST...RIDGES SOUTHWEST INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. A STATIONARY MOISTURE AXIS MARKS THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF DOME... EXTENDING ALONG A LINE FROM JACKSON MS THROUGH LAFAYETTE LA TO MARINE POINT 25N 95W. FURTHER WEST...A TRAVELING COLD FRONT EXTENDS THROUGH FORT SMITH AS TO DEL RIO TX. ITS ASSOCIATED MOISTURE AXIS EXTENDS THROUGH LUFKIN TX THROUGH LAREDO TX. THE TRAVELING PRE-FRONTAL MOISTURE AXIS WILL MERGE WITH THE STATIONARY MOISTURE AXIS THIS AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 354 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2012/ DISCUSSION...LOCAL RADAR SHOWING A FEW SHOWERS FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA TO THE LAKE CHARLES AREA...THEN FURTHER SOUTH SOUTHWEST INTO THE NEAR COASTAL WATERS WHERE A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE BEING DETECTED. ACTIVITY ALIGNED ALONG A WELL DEFINED AND NARROW THETA-E AXIS OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WHICH DEVELOPED MONDAY. LAKE CHARLES RECEIVED 0.64 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH CAMERON PARISH...BUT LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER NORTH AS ACTIVITY DISSIPATED. LATEST NAM SUGGESTING AXIS TO BECOME LESS PRONOUNCED TODAY AS LOW LEVEL FLOW WEAKENS AND TRENDS FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST. AN ADDED NOTE...TEMPERATURES CURRENTLY RUNNING AT OR ABOVE OUR NORMAL AFTERNOON HIGHS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION...THROUGH THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND NORTH TEXAS. DEEPENING UPPER TROF AND ASSOCIATED FRONT PROGGED TO ADVANCE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MAINLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TIME HEIGHT DEPICTIONS SUGGESTING DEEP LIFT/MOISTURE INCOMING WITH BOUNDARY...WHILE THE VARIOUS MOS HAVE TRENDED HIGHER FOR RAIN CHANCES OVER THE NEXT 18 HOURS. HAVE THEREFORE BUMPED UP POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY AREA-WIDE. SHARPLY DRIER AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA POST- FRONTAL AND BEHIND EXITING UPPER LEVEL TROF. DEVELOPING NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL LOWER PRECIPITABLE WATERS FROM A MAX OF NEAR 1.50 INCHES THIS EVENING TO WELL BELOW AN INCH FOR MID-WEEK. NORTHERLY FLOW IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL BE SHORT-LIVED...24-36 HOURS...BEFORE WARMING AND MOISTENING SOUTHERLIES RETURN. ANY RAIN CHANCE FOR LATER IN THE WEEK WILL BE MINIMAL AS DRY AIR ALOFT ACTS AS AN EFFECTIVE CAP. LATER IN THE FORECAST...LATEST ECMWF CLOSING IN ON THE SLOWER GFS SOLUTION FOR OUR NEXT FROPA. HAVE UTILIZED THE LATTER MODEL FOR THIS FORECAST...WITH THE BOUNDARY ADVANCING THROUGH TUESDAY. WIND FIELDS LOOK RATHER WEAK...REMAINING GENERALLY AT 30 KNOTS OR BELOW THROUGH THE COLUMN WITH TONIGHTS SYSTEM...WHILE CAPES REMAIN ON THE LOW SIDE. HENCE NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. NEXT WEEKS SYSTEM HOWEVER SHOULD IT EVOLVE AS NOW SUGGESTED...WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE POTENTIAL. MARINE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE DOCKET FOR TODAY...CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT AS OUR NEXT COLD FRONT ADVANCES ACROSS THE NORTHWEST GULF. ONGOING MODERATE SOUTHERLIES WILL BECOME NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT....WITH RAIN CHANCES ENDING AS SHARPLY DRIER AIR PARTICULARLY IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS FLOWS INTO THE REGION. AN ONSHORE FLOW WILL RETURN THURSDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES REESTABLISHED EAST OF THE REGION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 75 58 72 55 72 / 70 60 10 10 10 KBPT 76 56 72 55 72 / 70 50 10 10 10 KAEX 75 58 69 52 71 / 70 60 10 10 10 KLFT 76 61 76 58 73 / 60 70 10 10 10 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1129 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-051730- 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-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON- 1129 AM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE PASSAGE OF OUR NEXT COLD FRONT. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. IN ADDITION...A MARGINAL SEVERE THREAT WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A FEW STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR MIDWEEK...WITH THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN BY THE WEEKEND. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 213 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 LAZ030-041-TXZ216-262-042045- BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX- 213 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEWTON AND ORANGE COUNTIES...AND FOR BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES...UNTIL 245 PM CST... AT 209 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUNITA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LUNITA BY 240 PM... EDGERLY BY 245 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. LAT...LON 3044 9349 3023 9338 3020 9369 3027 9372 25
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 226 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 TXZ180-201-042130- HARDIN TX-TYLER TX- 226 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN AND TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CST... AT 223 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONEY ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HONEY ISLAND BY 245 PM... VILLAGE MILLS BY 315 PM... KOUNTZE BY 325 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. LAT...LON 3059 9437 3033 9424 3027 9455 3035 9459 25
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 307 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 TXZ180-201-259>262-042130- HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-TYLER TX- SOUTHERN JASPER TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX- 307 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON AND TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CST... AT 305 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A PAIR OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN SILSBEE AND CANEY HEAD...MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CANEY HEAD BY 320 PM... EVADALE AND BUNA BY 330 PM... THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. LAT...LON 3078 9387 3031 9389 3029 9419 3046 9426 25
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:10 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A report was received of nickel sized hail from a passing strong storm northeast of Silsbee.
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