A cold front move across Louisiana and a few severe storms occurred ahead of the boundary.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
A cold front move across Louisiana and a few severe storms occurred ahead of the boundary.
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 Feb 23, 10:42 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1042 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
.DISCUSSION...
WX MAP SHOWS STILL SOMEWHAT BROAD 1002MB SFC LOW OVER E TX THIS
MORNING...STILL EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES
OVER C LA INTO MS. OTHER THAN MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER SW LA TO C LA...THE STRONGEST STORMS WITH SUPERCELL
STRUCTURES ARE REMAINING OFFSHORE ACROSS THE 20-60NM COASTAL
WATERS AND BEYOND. SLIGHT RISK STILL OUTLINED FROM THE SABINE
EASTWARD...BUT LOOKING UNLIKELY FOR SVR WX THREAT ACROSS W LA AT
THIS TIME. STILL THINKING THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ACADIANA
EASTWARD WHERE THE ENHANCED RISK IS OUTLINED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...AS PER 16Z SPC CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK UPDATE. ONGOING
FORECAST ON TRACK IN OUTLINE PROGRESSION OF PRECIPITATION SHIELD.
MAY HAVE TO RE-WORD WX DESCRIPTIONS AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS THIS
AFTERNOON.
ONGOING HAZARDS ON TRACK. REWORDED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR
CAMERON AND VERMILION TO REACH NEAR 3.0-3.5 FEET MLLW...AND
3.5-4.0 FT MLLW FOR INTRACOASTAL CITY EASTWARD TO THE ATCHAFALAYA
RIVER WHERE THE SW ONSHORE WINDS STILL LOOKS TO CAUSE THE GREATEST
CONCERN. WIND ADVISORY AND GALE WARNING TIMES WILL REMAIN...AS THE
LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA AND STRENGTHENS...MUCH STRONGER W TO NW
WINDS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON THRU WED AFTERNOON.
DML
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 633 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016/
DISCUSSION...
FOR THE 12Z TAF PACKAGE.
AVIATION...
LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER SPREADING INTO EAST TEXAS
EARLY THIS MORNING...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TRACKING
GENERALLY EWD THROUGH THE DAY AS UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER CENTRAL TX
PIVOTS THROUGH THE REGION. ORGANIZING SFC LOW OVER EAST TX
EXPECTED TO LIFT OUT TO THE NE...PULLING A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG
THE COAST NWD AS A WARM FRONT...AND SUBSEQUENTLY DRAGGING A COLD
FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATER TODAY. SFC WIND FIELDS ARE FCST TO
MARKEDLY STRENGTHEN WITH THE EWD TRANSLATION OF A 50-60KT
LLJ...EASILY SUPPORTING WIND GUSTS IN THE 20-30KT RANGE...AND
POSSIBLY HIGHER SHOULD DEEPER MIXING MATERIALIZE.
LOW CIGS/VSBYS THIS MORNING ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE MUCH
PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF PCPN THIS MORNING...WITH IFR/MVFR TO
PREVAIL UNTIL SHRA/TSRA COMES TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.
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PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 521 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016/
.POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO BRING STRONG WINDS AND SEVERE WEATHER
TODAY...
SYNOPSIS...
A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE WAS NOTED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS
MORNING...DIGGING OVER WRN TX. THIS TROF WAS BEGINNING TO INDUCE
SFC LOW PRES ACRS SRN TX EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FEATURES WAS ALREADY PRODUCING A LARGE AREA
OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS EXTENDING N-S ACRS TX...WITH SEVERAL
CLUSTERS OF STRONGER STORMS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ACRS SRN TX TOWARD
THE MIDDLE TX COAST. A WEAK SFC FRONT EXTENDED FM THE LOW EAST
ACRS THE UPR TX COAST TOWARD BTR...A QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY
THAT DRIFTED SOUTHWARD MONDAY. OVERNIGHT OBS INDICATE AREAS OF FOG
ACRS SW/CNTL LA...WITH THE LOWEST VSBYS ACRS THE ACADIANA REGION.
VSBYS ARE NOT QUITE LOW ENOUGH FOR A DENSE FOG ADVISORY BUT MANY
LOCATIONS ARE SHOWING VSBYS LESS THAN ONE MILE.
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DISCUSSION...
THE SHORTWAVE OVER TX WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND BECOME CLOSED TODAY
AS IT MOVES ACRS THE AREA. THE ASSOCIATED SFC LOW WILL ALSO
RAPIDLY DEEPEN IN CONCERT WITH THE MID-LVL SYSTEM AS IT LIFTS ACRS
ERN TX INTO NRN LA THROUGH THE AFTN...WITH SFC PRESSURES FALLING A
GOOD 10 MB DURING THAT TIME. THE VERY TIGHT PRES GRADIENT IN
ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY SLY WINDS ACRS
THE AREA TODAY...WITH WINDS STRENGTHENING TO NR 20 MPH BY MIDDAY.
GUSTS ACRS THE AREA COULD APPROACH 35 MPH AT TIMES. A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA TODAY. THE STRONG SLY WINDS
WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING TIDAL PILEUP ALONG COASTAL AREAS
TODAY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF SABINE LAKE. THE HIGHER THAN NORMAL
WATER LEVELS COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE COAST
ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDE AND A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ALSO IN
EFFECT.
THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT ISSUE TODAY WILL BE SVR WEATHER.
OVERALL...CONDITIONS STILL LOOK ON TRACK FOR STRONG TO SVR STORMS
TO DEVELOP ACRS THE AREA AS THE SFC LOW TREKS NE...DRAGGING A
COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA. A STRONG MID LVL JET...NEAR 100
KT...WILL PIVOT THE BASE OF THE TROF AND OVER THE STRONG SLY LOW
LVL FLOW. THIS WILL SETUP VERY FAVORABLE WIND DYNAMICS FOR SVR
STORMS...WITH STRONG SHEAR NR 50 KT AND 0-3 KM SRH VALUES IN
EXCESS OF 500 M2/S2. INSTABILITY...WHILE INITIALLY
LIMITED...SHOULD IMPROVE ESPECIALLY AS THE SFC LOW/FRONT ENCOUNTER
AN AIRMASS WARMED SOME BY DAYTIME HEATING. ONE CAVEAT TO THIS WILL
BE THE EFFECT OF THE RAIN AND CLOUDS MOVING INTO THE REGION FM TX
THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...RECENT HRRR GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO
INDICATE STRONGER CELLS DEVELOPING AS THE SFC LOW LIFTS NE...AND
WITH INCREASINGLY SOUTHERLY FLOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...THIS
SOLUTION SEEMS FEASIBLE. LASTLY...COOLER AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED
WITH MID-LVL HT FALLS WILL ALLOW LAPSE RATES TO STEEPEN...WITH
MUCAPES FCST TO CLIMB TO BETWEEN 800-1300 J/KG BY AFTN. WITH ALL
THESE FACTORS IN PLACE...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL
SVR HAZARDS...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS A FEW
TORNADOES. THE DAY ONE OUTLOOK FROM SPC CONTINUES TO SHOW MUCH OF
THE AREA UNDER AN ENHANCED RISK FOR TODAY...WITH A MODT RISK JUST
NOSING INTO THE FAR ERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...AND A SLIGHT RISK
ACRS OUR SE TX COUNTIES.
AS FOR THE GENERAL TIMING OF THE FROPA...THE FRONT SHOULD ENTER
OUR SE TX COUNTIES BY MID-AFTN...REACHING AN AEX-LCH LINE BY
00Z AND EXITING OUR ERN ZONES BY 03Z THIS EVENING. AS THE FRONT
MOVES EAST...DRY AIR PUNCHING IN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROF ALOFT
SHOULD SCOUR OUT THE MOISTURE BRINGING A RATHER QUICK END TO THE
STORMS FROM WEST TO EAST BY THIS EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS OR STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACRS THE WRN/CNTL LA THROUGH THE NIGHT HOWEVER AS
MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE STRONG LOW LVL CIRCULATION.
IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...WINDS WILL SHIFT WEST THEN NORTHWEST
OVERNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY STRONG AND GUSTY. THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER
THE AREA. WITH CLOUDS SLOW TO CLR ON WEDNESDAY...EXPECT HIGHS ONLY
INTO THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S.
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED AS HIGH PRES MOVES ACRS THE GULF COAST. BELOW NORMAL
LOWS AND NEAR NORMAL HIGHS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE HIGH
MOVES EAST. LOW RAIN CHCS SHOULD RETURN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT
CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW AT THIS TIME DUE TO SOME DISCREPANCIES
AMONG THE GLOBAL MODELS.
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MARINE...
ONSHORE FLOW WILL QUICKLY STRENGTHEN TODAY IN RESPONSE TO
DEEPENING SFC LOW PRES OVER TX. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES INITIALLY
IN EFFECT THIS MORNING WILL UPGRADE TO GALE WARNINGS BY THIS
AFTERNOON AS WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS DEVELOP ALONG WITH GUSTS TO
NEAR 40 KNOTS. IN ADDITION...NMRS SHOWERS AND TSTMS...SOME
STRONG...WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AS A STRONG DISTURBANCE ALOFT
APPROACHES THE REGION.
AS THE SFC LOW LIFTS NE...IT WILL DRAG A STRONG COLD FRONT ACRS
THE COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY EVENING...WITH WINDS SHIFTING W-NW AND
STRENGTHENING FURTHER. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL COME TO AN END BUT STRONG
OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH ROUGH
SEAS AS COOLER AIR SPREADS OVER THE RELATIVELY WARMER WATERS.
FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED AND THE GALE WARNING
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL FINALLY BEGIN
TO DIMINISH DURING BY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH A MOSTLY OFFSHORE
FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.
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&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AEX 69 44 56 38 / 100 50 10 0
LCH 73 47 61 40 / 100 20 10 0
LFT 74 48 60 39 / 100 30 10 0
BPT 74 47 62 39 / 100 10 10 0
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR LAZ027>033-041>045-
052>055-073-074.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
LAZ052>055-073-074.
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR TXZ180-201-215-216-
259>262.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR GMZ450-452-455-470-
472-475.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR GMZ450-
452-455-470-472-475.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR GMZ450-452-455-470-472-
475.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR GMZ430-432-435.
&&
PUBLIC...08HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 609 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262- 241215- 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- 609 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MULTIPLE HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA. FIRST...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP DUE TO A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING FROM TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. SECOND...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS THE SURFACE LOW BRINGS A COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION. SOME STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE TODAY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE OVER THE AREA. IN ADDITION...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT THE OVERALL FLOOD THREAT WILL BE LOW DUE TO THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM. LASTLY...WITH THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS IN PLACE...WATER LEVELS ALONG THE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO RISE. THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME MINOR FLOODING FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW AREAS NEAR THE COAST...MAINLY NEAR HIGH TIDE. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. FOR TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DIMINISH BUT WINDS WILL SHIFT WEST TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND REMAIN STRONG. WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. DRY AND QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY TODAY. GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-241215- 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- 609 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MULTIPLE HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA. FIRST...AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS AND COASTAL LAKES AND BAY SOUTH OF A WEAK STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. BY MID-MORNING...FOG IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AS STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP DUE TO A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING FROM TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING...AND WILL RAISE TO A GALE WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO WEST THIS EVENING AND NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KT WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT POSSIBLE AS COOLER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. SECOND...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST TODAY AND SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY ROUGH SEAS AND HEAVY RAINFALL REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY AND THE GALE WARNING IS EXPECTED TO LOWER BACK TO A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
841 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
TXZ215-231515-
JEFFERSON TX-
841 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
UNTIL 915 AM CST...
AT 841 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HAMSHIRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...HAMSHIRE...PORT ACRES...LA BELLE AND
FANNETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO PONDING ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3013 9413 2989 9401 2980 9435 2989 9436
2989 9444 2997 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 246DEG 25KT 2989 9439PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1155 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1152 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 16 ESE FRESHWATER CITY 29.45N 92.06W
02/23/2016 M73 MPH GMZ455 LA PUBLIC
REPORT FROM PLATFORM IN SOUTH MARSH ISLAND 217.
&&
MOGGEDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1208 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
LAZ053>055-231900-
LOWER ST. MARTIN LA-IBERIA LA-ST. MARY LA-
1208 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ST. MARTIN...
CENTRAL IBERIA AND NORTHEASTERN ST. MARY PARISHES UNTIL 100 PM CST...
AT 1208 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF COTE BLANCHE ISLAND...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CYPREMORT POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...BALDWIN...CHARENTON...PATTERSON MEMORIAL
AIRPORT...ELLERSLIE AND CENTERVILLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 2976 9122 2960 9155 2964 9156 2963 9165
2955 9172 2962 9167 2958 9173 2958 9174
2965 9163 2975 9160 2976 9162 2974 9163
2974 9169 2976 9164 2976 9169 2977 9168
2998 9139
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 236DEG 24KT 2965 9169
BRAZZELLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1237 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 LAZ043>045-052-053-231915- ACADIA LA-IBERIA LA-UPPER ST. MARTIN LA-VERMILION LA-LAFAYETTE LA- 1237 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN VERMILION...WEST CENTRAL ST. MARTIN...NORTHWESTERN IBERIA...SOUTHEASTERN ACADIA AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES UNTIL 115 PM CST... AT 1236 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LYONS POINT...OR NEAR KAPLAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAFAYETTE...CROWLEY...ABBEVILLE...SCOTT...BREAUX BRIDGE...RAYNE...ST. MARTINVILLE...KAPLAN...BROUSSARD...YOUNGSVILLE...DUSON...MAURICE... MEAUX...COTEAU...ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT...RIDGE...CADE...INDIAN BAYOU AND MILTON. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 2996 9235 3020 9237 3030 9189 3004 9181 TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 255DEG 24KT 3007 9230 BRAZZELL
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
3 astronomical low tide, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Utility poles were reported down on Landry Road.
An EF-1 tornado touched down in a sugar cane field near highway 90...and was on the ground for 2.6 miles before it dissipated in another sugar cane field near highway 87. In between 2 businesses and 28 homes were damaged. One restaurant lost most of its flat metal roof, several mobile homes lost most of their metal roofs, and a few homes were knocked off their pilings. Other homes had windows and sheet metal damage...as well as garages and carports. Many trees were snapped and at least 20 telephone/power poles were snapped as well.
A picture of quarter size hail was posted to Twitter.
Strong north winds behind a cold front pushed the tide levels to or below -1 MLLW for 3 tide cycles. The tide fell to a lowest level of -2.25 MLLW during the morning of the 24th at Cameron.
Strong north winds behind a cold front pushed the tide levels to or below -1 MLLW for 3 tide cycles. The tide fell to a lowest level of -2.25 MLLW during the morning of the 24th at Cameron.
Strong north winds behind a cold front pushed the tide levels to or below -1 MLLW for 2 tide cycles at Freshwater Lock. The tide fell to a lowest level of -1.9 MLLW during the morning of the 24th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Louisiana, 2016Warnings in Louisiana, February 2016
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: 618162, 618164, 618161, 618166, 618167, 618168.