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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 11, 1992Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 11, 1992, 3:32 PM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 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
Sep 11, 1992, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 1992, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Cameron Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 11, 3:35 PM CDTTornado F0Cameron, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 1992-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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 112041
TORLCH
LAC023-112100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
332 PM CDT FRI SEP 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...CAMERON PARISH
 
AT 3:35 PM...THE CAMERON PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO IN
THE CITY OF CAMERON. RADAR INDICTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA
AND THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT.
 
IN ADDITTION A SIGHTING OF A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ALSO REPORTED BY THE
CAMERON S.O. OVER THE MARSHES EAST OF CAMERON.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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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.