Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1992, 4:19 PM CDT for Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 56 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
- Apr 24, 1992, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Jefferson Davis, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 242121 TORLCH LAC001-053-242215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 419 PM CDT FRI APR 24 1992 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 ...ACADIA PARISH...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 4:15...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR BETWEEN IOTA AND JENNINGS. SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE JENNINGS 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, Apr 24, 3:58 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
LAZ005>008-242200- BULLETIN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 400 PM CST FRI APR 24 1992 AT 350 PM...TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE SIGHTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF JENNINGS BY THE JEFFERSON DAVIS SHERIFF DEPARTMENT. THE LAKE CHARLES WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A FEW SHOWERS IN THE AREA. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST SLOWLY. PERSONS IN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE SHOULD FUNNExL CLOUDS OR OTHER THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
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.