Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 27, 1995, 4:01 PM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 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
- Jan 27, 1995, 4:01 PM CST (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1995, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Leesville, LA | Tornado touched down briefly. |
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, 10.0 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 272201 TORLCH LAC115-272300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 401 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...VERNON PARISH AT 400 PM...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST NORTH OF BURKEVILLE TEXAS. THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO VERNON PARISH SHORTLY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM4 ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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, Jan 27, 1:37 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
LAZ043-031-030-041-051-032-042-044-052-027-020-022-028-272040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 137 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM FOR CALCASIEU CAMERON JEFF DAVIS PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR VERMILION AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 130 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EAST OF LAKE CHARLES EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR HACKBERRY IN NORTHERN CAMERON PARISH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH TO BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS ANOTHER ROUND OF POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPIMNG ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 1:38 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
LAZ043-031-030-041-051-032-042-044-052-027-020-022-028-272040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 137 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM FOR CALCASIEU CAMERON JEFF DAVIS PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR VERMILION AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 130 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EAST OF LAKE CHARLES EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR HACKBERRY IN NORTHERN CAMERON PARISH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT ANOTHER TORNADO WXATCH TO BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AS ANOTHER ROUND OF POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPIMNG ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFF DAVIS CAMERON ALLEN EVANGELINE ACADIA AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA RAPIDES LA SALLE AND GRANT PARISHES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR LAFAYETTE VERMILION PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH... AT 245 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN ACADIA PARISH NORTHWEST OF CROWLEY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LAKE CHARLES AND IN EAST TEXAS NEAR WOODVILLE EXTENDING NORTH TO SAN AUGUSTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT. CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 2:46 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-272145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFF DAVIS CAMERON ALLEN EVANGELINE ACADIA AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA RAPIDES LA SALLE AND GRANT PARISHES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR LAFAYETTE VERMILION PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... ...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM FOR BEAUREGARD PARISH... AT 245 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN ACADIA PARISH NORTHWEST OF CROWLEY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LAKE CHARLES AND IN EAST TEXAS NEAR WOODVILLE EXTENDING NORTH TO SAN AUGUSTINE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT. CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:45 PM CST, 16 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 345 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFF DAVIS CAMERON ALLEN EVANGELINE ACADIA AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA RAPIDES LA SALLE AND GRANT PARISHES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR LAFAYETTE VERMILION PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 340 PM...LAKE CHARLES AND FORT POLK DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. < THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO VERNON PARISH BY 400 PM. PERSONS THERE SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jan 27, 3:46 PM CST, 15 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027-028-030>032-041>044-051-052-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 345 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR BEAUREGARD CALCASIEU JEFF DAVIS CAMERON ALLEN EVANGELINE ACADIA AND VERNON PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA RAPIDES LA SALLE AND GRANT PARISHES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR LAFAYETTE VERMILION PARISHES OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 340 PM...LAKE CHARLES AND FORT POLK DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. < THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO VERNON PARISH BY 400 PM. PERSONS THERE SHOULD BEGIN PREPARING FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 9:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 62 min |
| Jan 27, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 60 min |
| Jan 27, 10:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline | 67 min |
| Jan 27, 11:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 55 min |
| Jan 27, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 57 min |
| Jan 27, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 68 min |
| Jan 27, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 59 min |
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.