Lightning in Southeast Texas split a large tree.
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Lightning in Southeast Texas split a large tree.
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 30, 8:20 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 920 AM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015 .UPDATE...CONVECTION IS ALREADY POPPING UP ALONG THE COAST THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A SHORT WAVE THAT IS MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. ALSO POTENTIALLY ADDING TO THE INCREASE IN STORMS IS A BOUNDARY THAT MAY DRIFT INTO THE NE SECTIONS OF THE CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM CONVECTION NEAR VICKSBURG. POPS WERE NUDGED UP SOMEWHAT FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST, BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST REMAINS GENERALLY UNCHANGED AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 628 AM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015/ DISCUSSION... FOR THE 30/12Z TAF ISSUANCE. AVIATION... SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING UP THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST AND MAY HANG TOGETHER ENOUGH TO REACH KBPT THROUGH 30/14Z. WILL START KBPT WITH VCSH TO HANDLE THIS. OTHERWISE...SOME PATCHY FOG MAY CAUSE BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 30/13Z AT KLCH AND KAEX. AMPLE GULF MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING IS EXPECTED TO COMBINE TO BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WILL PLACE VCTS AT ALL TAF SITES AFTER 30/16Z TO COVER THIS. AWAY FROM THE STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THAT DOES DEVELOP IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE IN THE EARLY EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...OR ROUGHLY 01/02Z. RUA PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 457 AM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015/ SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE GULF FROM THE EAST WILL PROVIDE A LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE FOR TYPICAL AIRMASS TYPE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MID-MORNING. SHORT TERM...HEAT INDEX VALUES SEASONABLY HIGH BUT UNDER ADVISORY THRESHOLDS TODAY. WENT SLIGHTLY HIGHER ON TEMPS TODAY FROM THE GUIDANCE AS TEMPS AT H85 WILL BE ABOUT A DEGREE C HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY IN RESPONSE TO THE SWLY FLOW WITH A LACK OF CLOUD COVER DURING THE AFTERNOON. WENT ABOVE THE GFS YET BLO THE EURO ON PRECIP CHANCES...CLOSER TO THE NAM SOLUTION. PRECIP WATER VALUES ARE ABOUT NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...UNDER 1.8 INCHES. LONG TERM...HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA, IN THE LOWER TO MID LEVELS ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN INTO MONDAY. WENT A BIT LOWER ON POPS IN RESPONSE...MINIMAL TO SEASONAL. SWEENEY && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AEX 92 74 92 75 / 40 20 30 10 LCH 91 77 91 78 / 40 20 30 10 LFT 92 76 91 77 / 40 20 30 10 BPT 92 77 92 77 / 30 20 30 10 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...NONE. TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && PUBLIC...05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 539 AM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055- 073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-011045- 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- 539 AM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, SMALL HAIL, AND GUSTY WINDS. ALSO AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS, HEAT INDICES UP TO 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD DECREASE THIS WEEKEND WITH DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SWEENEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1126 AM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
LAZ041-073-TXZ216-301700-
CALCASIEU-WEST CAMERON-ORANGE-
1126 AM CDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CALCASIEU AND
NORTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISHES PLUS SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...
AT 1126 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BRIDGE CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORT ARTHUR...WEST ORANGE AND VINTON.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 2999 9378 2999 9380 3000 9379 2999 9381
2998 9382 2998 9383 2999 9384 2998 9384
3000 9386 3027 9357 3003 9342 2997 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 1626Z 240DEG 24KT 3001 9380
25The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:39 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A picture was received by KBMT of a large cedar tree being split by lightning in Port Neches.
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