A severe thunderstorm produced hail and a high wind gust in Jefferson County before moving into the gulf as a cold front moved through the region.
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A severe thunderstorm produced hail and a high wind gust in Jefferson County before moving into the gulf as a cold front moved through 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 Jul 3, 2:27 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 327 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2014 .DISCUSSION...WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION ONGOING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WITH JUST A FEW SHOWERS DEPICTED ELSEWHERE BY RADAR OVER THE FORECAST AREA. TEXAS CONVECTION FOCUSED NEAR WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY..AND ALONG CAPE/INSTABILITY AXIS. CAPES CURRENTLY COMPUTED NEAR 4500 J/KG. THUS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FEW PULSE CELLS TO PRODUCE VERY GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. ACTIVITY SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AS OUTFLOWS KEEPS CONVECTION GOING. HAVE MAINTAINED LOW END POPS INTO THE EVENING. JULY 4TH...GOOD LOOKING DAY SETTING UP. MODELS CONSISTENT IN BRINGING SHARPLY DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS AS LONGWAVE TROF CONTINUES TO ADVANCE EAST ACROSS THE EAST CONUS...WITH A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE FOLLOWING INTO THE PLAINS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES PROGGED TO PLUMMET THROUGH THE DAY AS DRIER AIR ADVECTS IN FROM THE NORTHEAST...WITH OUR ONLY LOCATION HANGING ONTO ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BEING SOUTHEAST TEXAS. NONE-THE-LESS...IF CONVECTION DOES DEVELOP IN THIS AREA...IT WILL DISSIPATE BY FIREWORKS TIME. SOME LOWERING OF SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL ALSO OCCUR AS 1025 MB SURFACE HIGH PUNCHES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH YIELDING LESS HUMID CONDITIONS FOR ANY HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES. WEEKEND...OPTED TO REMOVE ALL RAIN CHANCES INLAND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS EXTENT OF DRY AIR ALOFT WILL INHIBIT ANY DEVELOPMENT. RETURN FLOW WILL BEGIN TO SET UP SUNDAY WITH DEWPOINTS RISING...WITH SOME MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE RETURNING MONDAY. && .MARINE...WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND SEAS LOW AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE HOLDS OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... KLCH 74 91 70 91 73 / 20 10 10 10 10 KBPT 75 92 73 92 73 / 20 20 10 10 10 KAEX 70 91 67 92 70 / 20 10 10 10 10 KLFT 73 92 70 93 73 / 20 10 10 10 10 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && MARCOTTE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 744 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2014 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-041245- 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- 744 AM CDT THU JUL 3 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED...BUT OVERALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH A FEW STORMS. HOWEVER...THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. BEGINNING ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH NEXT WEEK...A TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN WILL RETURN. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. NO OTHER WEATHER HAZARD ARE EXPECTED AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1022 AM CDT THU JUL 03 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NNE ALEXANDRIA 31.36N 92.42W
07/02/2014 RAPIDES LA PUBLIC
PICTURE OF POWER POLES SNAPPED IN PINEVILLE.
0456 PM HAIL 5 SW MARKSVILLE 31.07N 92.12W
07/02/2014 E0.50 INCH AVOYELLES LA PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF SMALL HAIL AROUND HESSMER
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 335 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2014 TXZ201-215-216-261-032130- HARDIN TX-JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX- 335 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...WEISS BLUFF...LAKEVIEW...PINE FOREST...BEAUMONT...ROSE CITY AND VIDOR. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...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. LAT...LON 3005 9383 2989 9408 3028 9434 3038 9417 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
349 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2014
TXZ215-032145-
JEFFERSON TX-
349 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...
AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FANNETT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...HAMSHIRE.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PEA TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...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.
LAT...LON 2957 9436 2988 9436 2988 9441 2989 9441
3003 9433 2996 9414 2959 9426 2956 9434
13The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A report of large hail was received by the Beaumont Police Department during the afternoon of the 3rd, however the hail size was later determined to be the size of nickels.
A wind gust of 66 MPH was recorded at the Jack Brooks Regional Airport with a passing severe storm.
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