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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 24, 1991Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1991, 4:36 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1991, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1991, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Lafayette Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1991-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2617 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1991-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 242137
TORLCH
LAC055-242215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
436 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...LAFAYETTE PARISH
 
AT 417 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED AND FUNNEL CLOUD JUST SOUTHEAST OF
LAFAYETTE MOVING SOUTH AT 5-10 MPH. RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY
REINFORCED BUILDING.  GET UNDER A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE
PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-241745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1150 AM CDT MON JUN 24 1991

AT 1130 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WERE SHOWN FROM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATON
ROUGE TO ABBEVILLE...SULPHUR...HOUSTON AND THEN TO ALONG THE COAST FROM
ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO NEAR HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.

THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN CAMERON
PARISH.  PERSONS IN NORTHERN CAMERON AND SOUTHERN CALCASIEU PARISHES CAN
EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN THE FLOODING
OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AS THE APPEAR TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE
LOCATED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF BATON ROUGE TO BETWEEN DE QUINCY AND DE
RIDDER.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN !THE COASTAL WATERS
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-241745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1150 AM CDT MON JUN 24 1991

AT 1130 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WERE SHOWN FROM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATON
ROUGE TO ABBEVILLE...SULPHUR...HOUSTON AND THEN TO ALONG THE COAST FROM
ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO NEAR HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.

THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN CAMERON
PARISH.  PERSONS IN NORTHERN CAMERON AND SOUTHERN CALCASIEU PARISHES CAN
EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN THE FLOODING
OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AS THE APPEAR TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE
LOCATED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF BATON ROUGE TO BETWEEN DE QUINCY AND DE
RIDDER.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE COASTAL WATERS
FROM GALVESTON TO SABINE PASS AND OVER THE GULF 90 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE
PASS AND CAMERON.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ046-048-242100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1251 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1991

...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE...

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING NORTH ACROSS
THE BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR/ORANGE METROPOLITAN AREA EARLY THIS MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DROPPING 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON DUE
TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-242045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
300 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1991

AT 231 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED
15 AND 25 MILES EAST OF VILLE PLATTE...JUST NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF
OAKDALE...JUST SOUTHWEST OF DE QUINCY...NEAR MANY...AND IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
20 MILES NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON.

PERSONS IN BEAUREGARD...EVANGELINE AND RAPIDES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...AND FLOODING OF
STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AS A RESULT OF VERY HEAVY RAINS.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS APPEARED TO BE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM 10 TO 15 MPH.

OTHERWISE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM BETWEEN NEW
IBERIA AND 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE TO BETWEEN WHITE LAKE AND BUNKIE
TO BETWEEN DE QUINCY AND MANSFIELD...TO BETWEEN HOUSTON AND LAKE LIVINGSTON.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE NORTHERN
HALF OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR...IN THE COASTAL WATERS FROM GALVESTON TO
SABINE PASS...AND OVER THE GULF FROM 60 TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS
TO 70 TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ033-046-242315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
312 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1991

...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

STRONG SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN TYLER COUNTY AND IN THE NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES AT MID AFTERNOON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT.

GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
BOATERS ON DAM B...SAM RAYBURN...AND TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR SHOULD BE
READY TO HEAD FOR SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER.

THE HEAVY RAINS...1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE...MAY CAUSE SOME STREET
FLOODING AND REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
VERY CAUTIOUS IN THE HEAVY RAIN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND BEGIN
DISSIPATING TOWARDS SUNSET.

NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:48 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-242140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
340 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1991

AT 325 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED
BETWEEN EUNICE AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...10 MILES WEST AND
NORTHWEST OF BUNKIE...20 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DE QUINCY...AND IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEAR JASPER...WOODVILLE...AND
HUNTSVILLE.

PERSONS IN RAPIDES AND BEAREGARD PARISHES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...AND FLOODING OF
STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AS A RESULT OF VERY HEAVY RAINS.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS APPEARED TO BE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM 10 TO 15 MPH.

OTHERWISE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
...WERE OCCURRING FROM BATON ROUGE TO BETWEEN DE QUINCY AND THE NORTHERN
END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR TO HUNTSVILLE.
.
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM JUST WEST OF
CONROE TO NEAR THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO VERMILION BAY...AND
IN THE COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO SABINE PASS.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER `THE GULF FROM 60 MILES
SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF
WHITE LAKE.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.