A funnel cloud was spotted near the NWS Lake Charles office.
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A funnel cloud was spotted near the NWS Lake Charles office.
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 Sep 17, 12:03 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 103 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2014 .DISCUSSION... 17/18Z TAF ISSUANCE. && .AVIATION... A PERSISTENT BAND OF CONVECTION HAS BEEN ONGOING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH ACTIVITY EXTENDING NW INTO SE TX TO NEAR AND WEST OF KBPT. ELSEWHERE...TAF SITES SO FAR REMAIN CLEAR OF CONVECTON WITH SOME ISLTD SHRA ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE COASTAL PARISHES AS WELL AS ACRS INTERIOR SE TX. MAIN AXIS OF MOISTURE EXPECTED TO REMAIN FM CNTL TX SE TOWARD THE NW GULF...WITH MOST OF THE CONVECTION EXPECTED ALONG THIS AXIS AS SHORTWAVES ALOFT TVL SE. WITH THIS IN MIND...KEPT TEMPO GROUPS AT KBPT AND ALSO KLCH ALTHOUGH POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION HERE IS A LITTLE LOWER. LEFT VCTS AT KAEX/KLFT/KARA. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL ALTHOUGH MVFR/IFR DURING PERIODS OF CONVECTION. ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING WITH SOME PATCHY FOG OR SCT/BKN LOW CLOUDS POSSIBLE TOWARD DAYBREAK. 24 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1025 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2014/ UPDATE... MINOR ADJUSTMENT OF POPS TO SHOW HIGHEST PROBABLY OF RAIN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SLOWLY TAPERING OFF AS YOU MOVE FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA. FORECAST PACKAGE ON THE WHOLE LOOKS ON TRACK WITH TEMPERATURES. NO OTHER ADJUSTMENTS FORESEEN. FN PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 637 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2014/ AVIATION... A STATIONARY TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE STRETCHES FROM COLLEGE STATION TO JUST OFFSHORE THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. NORTHWESTERLY SHORTWAVES ALOFT WILL TRAVEL OVER THE TROUGH... SETTING OFF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG THE BEAUMONT TO LAKE CHARLES AIR CORRIDOR. JT PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 445 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2014/ UPDATE...FOG BECOMING AN ISSUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA WHERE SKIES HAVE CLEARED. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALONG AND NORTH OF I-10 THROUGH 9 AM. MARCOTTE PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 404 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2014/ DISCUSSION...RADAR NOW ABSENT OF ANY PRECIP INLAND...WITH NO MORE THAN A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE NEAR COASTAL WATERS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING A GOOD BIT OF CIRRUS OVER SOUTH LOUISIANA AND LOWER SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCOMING FROM THE WEST ASSOCIATED WITH NOW TROPICAL STORM ODILE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA. WITH CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...BEGINNING TO SEE DEVELOPMENT OF RADIATIONAL FOG...GETTING AN EXTRA BOOST FROM FROM YESTERDAYS RAINS. TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A SHARP PRECIPITABLE WATER/MOISTURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE FORECAST AREA. HIGHEST WILL CONTINUE OVER LOWER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WHERE VALUES ARE PROGGED TO REMAIN NEAR 2.30 INCHES...THEN DOWN TO A MORE NORMAL VALUE OF 1.80 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. POPS WILL BE ALIGNED ACCORDINGLY WITH LIKELY OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA...DOWN TO JUST A CHANCE TO THE NORTHEAST. MOISTURE LOWERS FOR FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND ALONG WITH POPS. THIS AS A MORE NORTHERLY FLOW EVOLVES IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS IN THE WAKE OF SHORTWAVE TROF EXITING EAST OF THE REGION...AND THE AMPLIFICATION OF THE MID-CONUS RIDGE. EXPECTING NEXT FRONTAL PASSAGE MONDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES SETTING IN FOR MID-WEEK. MARINE...A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF WILL MAINTAIN A LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT VARIABLE FLOW OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WINDS WILL TREND MORE EASTERLY FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK IN ADVANCE OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE EXPECTED MONDAY. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE WILL KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF WATERS TODAY AND THURSDAY...WITH LOWER RAIN CHANCES THEN RETURNING AS SHARPLY DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 88 72 84 70 / 40 20 60 20 KBPT 87 73 83 72 / 60 30 60 40 KAEX 90 71 85 69 / 20 20 30 20 KLFT 89 73 85 71 / 40 20 50 20 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 505 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2014 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-181015- 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- 505 AM CDT WED SEP 17 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 A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR UNTIL 9 AM. OTHERWISE...INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SOME POTENTIAL FOR DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH A CONTINUED POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE REQUIRED.
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 1 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:04 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The Calcasieu Parish 911 call center reported a funnel cloud around one mile southeast of KLCH. The funnel was also visible from the NWS office.
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