A cold front moved through during the first week of July sparking thunderstorms across Louisiana. A pair of thunderstorms turned severe.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
A cold front moved through during the first week of July sparking thunderstorms across Louisiana. A pair of thunderstorms turned severe.
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 2, 11:52 AM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1252 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 .DISCUSSION... FOR THE 18Z TAF PACKAGE. && .AVIATION... STILL A LITTLE HAZY ACROSS THE AREA...THOUGH VSBYS HAVE GENERALLY IMPROVED TO VFR. MVFR CIG NOTED AT KBPT...BUT EXPECT THAT THIS WILL BE TEMPORARY AND IMPROVE AT LEAST WHEN THE SEA BREEZE EVIDENT IN RADAR IMAGERY PUSHES THROUGH. ISOLATED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE COVERAGE/PROBABILITY PRECLUDE MENTION IN THE TAFS. FOR THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT PERIOD...WENT GENERALLY WITH A BLEND OF LATEST GUIDANCE AND PERSISTENCE...SHOWING REDUCED VSBYS AT KBPT-KLCH-KAEX IMPROVING TO VFR THU MORNING. 13 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 656 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014/ DISCUSSION... FOR 12Z TAF ISSUANCE. AVIATION... SFC OBS FROM AROUND THE AREA SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT FOG LINGERING PAST SUNRISE...WITH KBPT SHOOTING UP FROM A PERSISTENT VLIFR STATE JUST BEFORE ISSUANCE TIME. EXPECT WE WILL SEE SOME SPORADIC MVFR FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO BEFORE THE LIGHT FOG BURNS OFF AND VFR TAKES OVER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THE SFC HIGH IS PROGGED TO MEANDER OVERHEAD THROUGH TODAY SO LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SEA BREEZE KICKS IN AND SHIFTS WINDS TO AN ONSHORE DIRECTION. CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT KAEX LATER THIS EVENING BUT COVERAGE LOOKS SO SLIM ATTM THAT ANY MENTION HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR NOW. 25 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 336 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014/ DISCUSSION...MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE POPS ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS MORNING'S WATER VAPOR SHOWS UPPER LOW ROTATING OVER THE WEST CENTRAL GULF. CONVECTION IS MOSTLY CONCENTRATED AROUND THIS SYSTEM. AT THE SURFACE...FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS STALLED TEMPORARILY OVER THE ARKLATEX/N TEXAS AND SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS CONTINUED OVERNIGHT ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. FOR TODAY...WILL KEEP POPS BELOW 15 PERCENT AS A FEW LATE DAY SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD DEVELOP MAINLY OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA. BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS FRONT MOVES SOUTH AND WEST GULF UPPER LOW MOVES NORTH. WILL MAINTAIN HIGHEST POPS ON THURSDAY AND THEN GRADUALLY LOWER POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WILL KEEP LOW POPS FOR DIURNAL SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK PER PREVIOUS FORECASTS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL MOST OF THIS CYCLE. MARINE...LIGHT AND LOW SEAS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE AREAS REMAIN OVER THE GULF. MAY SEE INCREASED LATE NIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER THE GULF BEGINNING TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH APPROACH OF UPPER LOW FROM NORTH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 93 75 93 74 / 10 20 40 20 KBPT 94 75 94 75 / 10 20 30 20 KAEX 95 74 92 69 / 10 20 30 20 KLFT 94 76 93 72 / 10 20 50 20 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 506 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-031015- 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- 506 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2014 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 ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY. HEAT INDICES ARE FORECASTED BETWEEN 100 AND 105 THIS AFTERNOON. REMEMBER TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER IF WORKING OUTSIDE DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. IF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ALIGN ALONG THE FRONT OR OTHER WEATHER BOUNDARIES...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED...BUT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. LESS COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECASTED FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR...BUT THE CHANCES FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
321 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
LAZ027-028-030>032-022115-
RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-BEAUREGARD LA-ALLEN LA-VERNON LA-
321 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAPIDES...EVANGELINE...
BEAUREGARD...ALLEN AND VERNON PARISHES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES
NORTH OF GLENMORA TO 6 MILES NORTH OF ELIZABETH TO 3 MILES WEST OF
PITKIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND
AROUND...MCNARY...GLENMORA...SUGARTOWN...ELIZABETH...GRANT...
OAKDALE...TURKEY CREEK AND BEAVER.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3088 9233 3076 9263 3071 9296 3101 9315
3106 9282 3118 9252
13SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
352 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
LAZ027-022145-
VERNON LA-
352 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VERNON PARISH UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTH OF FULLERTON...MOVING
SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND
AROUND...FULLERTON...CRAVENS AND PITKIN.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3105 9283 3094 9282 3093 9284 3088 9308
3115 9311 3120 9291
13SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
357 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
LAZ028-031-032-022145-
RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-
357 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAPIDES...EVANGELINE AND ALLEN
PARISHES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES
EAST OF TURKEY CREEK TO PINE PRAIRIE TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOND...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND
AROUND...BAYOU CHICOT...REDDELL...CHICOT STATE PARK...MAMOU...INDIAN
LAKE AND DURALDE.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3077 9220 3059 9229 3053 9241 3054 9244
3051 9247 3048 9252 3084 9277 3095 9255
3104 9244
13SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
420 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
LAZ028-029-022215-
RAPIDES LA-AVOYELLES LA-
420 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAPIDES AND AVOYELLES PARISHES
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 420 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...TIOGA...
PARADISE...KINGSVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...KOLIN AND LIBUSE.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3134 9216 3116 9227 3109 9242 3134 9264
3142 9255 3144 9243The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A picture was sent to the NWS office of power poles snapped from a wind gust in the Pineville area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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