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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1992, 3:21 PM CDT for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1992, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1992, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vermilion Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Vermilion, LA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 252021 RRA TORLCH LAC113-252115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 321 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...VERMILION PARISH SABINE PASS EAST TO VERMILION BAY SABINE PASS EAST TO THE ATCHAFALAYA BAY SHERIFF OFFICE AND PUBLIC REPORTS REPORTED SIGTHING A TORNADO NEAR INDIAN BAYOU AND NORTH OF GUEYDAN. RADAR INDICATED A SMALL CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF GUEYDAN AND EAST OF KAPLAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST VERY SLOWLY. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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 25, 1:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-251940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 140 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...GRANT...LA SALLE AND RAPIDES PARISHES UNTIL 8PM... AT 125 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED AT ALEXANDRIA...AND JUST SOUTH OF INTRACOASTAL CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE LOCAL STREET FLOODING AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM DE QUINCY TO LAFAYETTE SOUTHWARD TO THE COAST. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM LEESVILLE TO . JENA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER GULF WATERS FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TO 70 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON AND 35 MILES SOUTH OF PECAN ISLAND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:39 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-252040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 240 PM CDT THU JUN 25 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...GRANT...LA SALLE AND RAPIDES PARISHES UNTIL 8PM... AT 225 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED AT PECAN ISLAND AND JUST NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA IN GRANT AND LA SALLE PARISHES THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT MAY CAUSE LOCAL STREET FLOODING AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM BEAUMONT TO LAFAYETTE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM OAKDALE TO JENA. . ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER GULF WATERS FROM GALVESTON TO PECAN ISLAND EXTENDING OFFSHORE TO 60 MILES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 67 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.