Multiple funnel clouds and a waterspout were reported in Southwest Louisiana during the afternoon of the 6th.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
Multiple funnel clouds and a waterspout were reported in Southwest Louisiana during the afternoon of the 6th.
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 6, 11:34 AM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1234 PM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014 .DISCUSSION... FOR THE 06/18Z TAF ISSUANCE. && .AVIATION... ONCE AGAIN A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AND WITH THAT...DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE STORM MOTION WILL BE VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND MVFR/IFR VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WITH MAINLY STABLE AND VFR CONDITIONS AFTER 07/00Z. RUA && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1030 AM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014/ DISCUSSION... AREA RADAR SHOWS SCT SHRA/ISO TSRA OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND ACROSS THE SE TX/S LA COASTAL COUNTIES/PARISHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-10. MADE MINOR POP PLACEMENT ADJUSTMENTS THIS MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS. WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AVAILABLE (12Z LCH SOUNDING PW OF 2.20")...CONTINUE TO EXPECT QUITE A HEALTHY COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. INHERITED POPS OF 50-60% ACROSS INLAND AREAS LOOKS GOOD. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT EXPECTED OF THESE SHRA/TSRA...ADDED HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL TO THE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LIKE YESTERDAY...COVERAGE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY SUNSET. DML PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 550 AM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014/ DISCUSSION... FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVECTION OVER THE GULF WATERS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS RESULTING IN OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HERE AT THE AIRPORT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME A FEW HOURS AGO. INLAND ACTIVITY REMAINS ISOLATED FOR NOW...BUT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE LATER TODAY AS THE COMBINATION OF RICH MOISTURE...DIURNAL INSTABILITY...THE SEA BREEZE...AND A SLOW MOVING WEAK UPPER TROF CREATE CONDITIONS SUPPORTIVE OF SCATTERED TO PERHAPS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SLOW/ERRATIC STORM MOTION COUPLED WITH PWATS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES WILL LEAD TO A RISK OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OR AT LEAST DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER DARK...BUT LEFT SMALL RAIN CHANCES IN TONIGHT WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY FCST TO ENTER NW ZONES PRIOR TO SUNRISE SUNDAY...WHICH SHOULD ALSO BE AN ACTIVE CONVECTIVE DAY DESPITE THE WEAK UPPER LOW CONTINUING TO GRADUALLY DRIFT AWAY TO THE SW. NO BIG CHANGES MADE TO THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST...WITH RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED TO DECREASE FOR THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF THE WORK WEEK...INCREASING AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES. GUIDANCE CONSENSUS HAS THIS BOUNDARY REACHING THE COAST BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COOLER AIR OFFERING A BIT OF TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY RELIEF. 13 MARINE... LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE VARIABLE TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BREAKS DOWN IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS. THE COMBINATION OF A DISTURBANCE ALOFT AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. AN ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESUME DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES RE-ESTABLISHED OVER THE EASTERN GULF. 13 AVIATION...A FEW SHOWERS AND PATCHY MVFR VIS IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA, HOWEVER THE THIN BR WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNRISE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH MVFR OR LOWER VIS AND CEILING POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY STORM. RAIN CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY LESSEN DURING THE LATER AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TODAY AND VRB FOR A GOOD PORTION, HOWEVER OVERALL WIND DIRECTION WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTH TO SW. 05 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 88 75 88 75 89 / 60 40 50 20 30 KBPT 90 75 90 75 91 / 60 40 50 20 30 KAEX 89 72 87 70 90 / 60 40 40 20 20 KLFT 88 74 88 74 89 / 60 40 50 20 40 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 554 AM CDT SAT SEP 6 2014 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-071100- 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 SAT SEP 6 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 SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MAINLY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DAYTIME SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY AS A STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 13
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:24 UTC.
1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Pictures were sent in through Facebook of multiple funnel clouds south of Lake Arthur near Klondike.
A waterspout briefly formed over the northern sections of Grand Lake. Pictures were sent in via Facebook.
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