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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 10, 1992Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1992, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Calcasieu Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 1992-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 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 1992-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 102037
TORLCH
LAC019-102100-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
330 PM CDT FRI APR 10 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

   ...SOUTHERN CALCASIEU PARISH


A FUNNEL CLOUD NEARLY TOUCHING THE GROUND HAS BEEN SIGHTED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKE
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 9:29 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu31 min

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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.