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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 27, 1994Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 27, 1994, 2:51 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 1994, 2:51 PM CST (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 1994, 3:30 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Beauregard Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 1994-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1081 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 1994-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
1081 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 272051
TORLCH
LAC011-272130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
251 PM CST THU JAN 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BEAUREGARD PARISH
 
AT 240 CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES EAST OF DE
RIDDER. RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES WEST
OF DE QUINCY TO DE RIDDER. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  AVOID
WINDOWS ANDl PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...
BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 8:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHRapides, Vernon2 hr
Jan 27, 10:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHRapides, Vernon2 hr
Jan 27, 12:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon3 hr
Jan 27, 12:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHGrant, Rapides3 hr
Jan 27, 3:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron59 min
Jan 27, 3:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard35 min
Jan 27, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis64 min
Jan 27, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron64 min
Jan 27, 4:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHGrant, Rapides, Vernon2 hr
Jan 27, 4:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu2 hr

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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.