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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 14, 1993Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 1993, 11:21 AM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 1993, 11:21 AM CST (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 1993, 12:00 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Vernon Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1993-11-14Temperature 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 1993-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 141721
TORLCH
LAC115-141800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1121 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...VERNON PARISH
 
AT 1115 AM CST...THE VERNON SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
JUST EAST OF HORNBECK. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST.
 
 
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, Nov 14, 9:50 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-141645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
950 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR ALLEN...BEAUREGARD
   ...CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...JEFF DAVIS...AND VERNON PARISHES IN
   SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND FOR GRANT...LA SALLE AND RAPIDES PARISHES
   IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 925 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM
THE NORTH END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR ACROSS RAYBURN LAKE IN EAST TEXAS TO
JUST NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON.  THE LINE APPEARED TO BE MOVING SOUTHEAST.

RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER
EAST TEXAS FROM THE LUFKIN AND SAN AUGUSTINE AREAS TO BETWEEN LAKE LIVINGSTON
AND KIRBYVILLE TO THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TO SABINE PASS.

IN LOUISIANA...SCATTERED PATCHES OF RAIN AND ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN
FROM NEAR LEESVILLE AND ALEXANDRIA TO THE DE QUINCY AND OAKDALE AREAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 9:51 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-141645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
950 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR ALLEN...BEAUREGARD
   ...CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...JEFF DAVIS...AND VERNON PARISHES IN
   SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND FOR GRANT...LA SALLE AND RAPIDES PARISHES
   IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 925 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM
THE NORTH END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR ACROSS RAYBURN LAKE IN EAST TEXAS TO
JUST NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON.  THE LINE APPEARED TO BE MOVING SOUTHEAST.

RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER
EAST TEXAS FROM THE LUFKIN AND SAN AUGUSTINE AREAS TO BETWEEN LAKE LIVINGSTON
AND KIRBYVILLE TO THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TO SABINE PASS.

IN LOUISIANA...SCATTERED PATCHES OF RAIN AND ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN
FROM NEAR LEESVILLE AND ALEXANDRIA TO THdE DE QUINCY AND OAKDALE AREAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 10:50 AM CST, 31 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-141745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1050 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR ALLEN...BEAUREGARD
   ...CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...JEFF DAVIS...AND VERNON PARISHES IN
   SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND FOR GRANT...LA SALLE AND RAPIDES PARISHES
   IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 1032 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM
JUST EAST OF MANSFIELD ACROSS TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO THE JASPER AND
WOODVILLE AREAS OF EAST TEXAS TO MIDWAY BETWEEN HOUSTON AND BEAUMONT.

THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO VERNON PARISH AND THE WEST PART
OF BEAUREGARD PARISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE LINE
FROM THE WINNFIELD AREA TO BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND OAKDALE TO NEAR DE QUINCY
AND KINDER.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY AND ALL PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INFORMED
ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM.

RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST TEXAS FROM LUFKIN...SAN
AUGUSTINE...AND TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO THE COASTAL SECTIONS FROM FREEPORT
TO GALVESTON.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 10:51 AM CST, 30 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-141745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1050 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR ALLEN...BEAUREGARD
   ...CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...JEFF DAVIS...AND VERNON PARISHES IN
   SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND FOR GRANT...LA SALLE AND RAPIDES PARISHES
   IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 1032 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM
JUST EAST OF MANSFIELD ACROSS TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO THE JASPER AND
WOODVILLE AREAS OF EAST TEXAS TO MIDWAY BETWEEN HOUSTON AND BEAUMONT.

THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO VERNON PARISH AND THE WEST PART
OF BEAUREGARD PARISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE LINE
FROM THE WINNFIELD AREA TO BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND OAKDALE TO NEAR DE QUINCY
AND KINDER.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL LOUISIANA TODAY AND ALL PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD STAY INFORMED
ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM.

RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST TEXAS FROM LUFKIN...SAN
AUGUSTINE...AND TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO THE COASTAL SECTIONS FROM FREEPORT
TO GALVESTON.
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 11:21 AM CST, 0 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-182-152-167-166-180-141830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1121 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR LUFKIN TEXAS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED
EARLIER FOR PARTS OF THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA.  THE WATCH IS CANCELLED
FOR ANGELINA, NACOGDOCHES, SAN AUGUSTINE AND TYLER COUNTIES.

THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SABINE, HARDIN, JASPER AND
NEWTON COUNTIES TEXAS.

AT 1125 AM A BROAD BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS EAST
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NEAR TOLEDO BEND DAM TO NEAR KIRBYVILLE TO
WEST OF BEAUMONT. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
DJ

NNNN
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 11:21 AM CST, 0 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-182-152-167-166-180-141830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1121 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993

TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR LUFKIN TEXAS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED
EARLIER FOR PARTS OF THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA.  THE WATCH IS CANCELLED
FOR ANGELINA, NACOGDOCHES, SAN AUGUSTINE AND TYLER COUNTIES.

THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SABINE, HARDIN, JASPER AND
NEWTON COUNTIES TEXAS.

AT 1125 AM A BROAD BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS EAST
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NEAR TOLEDO BEND DAM TO NEAR KIRBYVILLE TO
WEST OF BEAUMONT. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
DJ

NNNN

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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.