A strong upper level disturbance passed across the region from June 10th to the 13th producing multiple rounds of severe weather and flooding across portions of the region.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
A strong upper level disturbance passed across the region from June 10th to the 13th producing multiple rounds of severe weather and flooding across portions of the region.
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 9, 10:55 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1155 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 .DISCUSSION... 10/06Z TAF ISSUANCE. && .AVIATION... LATEST SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATE REGION IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO AREAS OF CLOUDS/CONVECTION WITH PARTLY CLOUDY VFR CONDITIONS CURRENTLY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE UPSTREAM IS PRODUCING A BKN BAND OF SHRA/TSRA FM NEAR KSHV SW TO KUTS. THIS ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO REACH BPT/AEX BETWEEN 08Z-09Z AND LCH 09Z-10Z...WHICH CORRESPONDS TO RECENT HRRR RUNS. SCT TO NUMRS SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...WITH ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO REACH THE ACADIANA TERMINALS BY MID-MORNING TUES. CONVECTION SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TUES AFTN INTO TUES EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LOWERED VISBYS/CIGS DURING SHOWERS/STORMS. SLY WINDS WILL TREND MORE SWLY TUESDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY BECOMES STALLED JUST WEST OF THE AREA. 24 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 911 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014/ UPDATE...CURRENT FORECAST SEEMS TO BE ON TRACK AS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RE-DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS INTO THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE NIGHT. WATER VAPOR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS LINING UP NICELY ALONG TAIL OF SOUTHERN PLAINS SHORT WAVE. ONLY CHANGE TONIGHT WILL BE TO LOWER POPS UP TO 06Z. NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. AP && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 73 85 70 88 / 60 50 30 10 KBPT 74 86 71 91 / 60 60 20 10 KAEX 72 84 68 89 / 60 50 30 10 KLFT 76 85 72 88 / 40 60 40 10 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 554 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-101100- 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- 554 AM CDT MON JUN 9 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 THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TODAY WITH THE APPROACH OF A MID/UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A STORM OR TWO COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WHEN THE SYSTEM ALOFT MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. LIKE TODAY...A STORM OR TWO COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN INTO TONIGHT. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY LOOK DRY AS A WEAK RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION ALOFT...BUT MAINLY AFTERNOON RAIN CHANCES RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE ALOFT APPROACHES THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 25
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:58 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A large oak tree was blown down in a thunderstorm and fell onto a church near Opelousas.
Periods of heavy rain through the morning around Lafayette eventually flooded roadways. Several streets and intersections were closed due to high water including along Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Rue Fosse, Johnston Street, Taft Street, Vermilion Street, and Cornelius Drive.
A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in the town of Reeves. The report was received from The Pit Stop Tire and Auto along Highway 190.
KPLC-TV 7 relayed a report through Facebook of quarter size hail near the town of Leblanc with the same storm that produced hail in Reeves.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, June 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 525735, 525316, 525317, 525318.