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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 27, 1995Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1995, 10:53 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 1995, 10:53 AM CST (16:53 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 1995, 12:00 PM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1995-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 398 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 1995-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KNEW 271654 RRA
SVRLCH
LAC001-039-271800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
ISSUED BY NEW ORLEANS LA
1053 AM CST FRI JAN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CST
FOR RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING PARISHES...S...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...ACADIA PARISH...EVANGELINE PARISH
 
AT 1050 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF VILLE PLATT TO NEAR JENNINGS. THE STORMS
ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY \DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 9:28 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu62 min
Jan 27, 10:00 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHAllen60 min
Jan 27, 11:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette55 min
Jan 27, 3:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon57 min
Jan 27, 4:01 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHVernon59 min
Jan 27, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides, Vernon68 min
Jan 27, 5:31 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHRapides59 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.