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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 3, 1992LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1992, 3:35 PM CDT for LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1992, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County LaSalle Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 1992-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 396 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 1992-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 032036
TORLCH
LAC059-032130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
335 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...LA SALLE PARISH
 
AT 3:30 PM...THE LA SALLE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO IN
THE SEARCY COMMUNITY WHICH IS JUST WEST OF JENA. THE TORNADO IS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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 BLANKETSh
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHVernon61 min
Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard66 min
Jun 3, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen55 min
Jun 3, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline63 min

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.