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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 27, 1995, 5:31 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 1995, 5:31 PM CST (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 1995, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rapides Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 272331 TORLCH LAC079-280030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 531 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...RAPIDES PARISH AT 528 PM RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RESIDENTS AT LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...ALEXANDRIA AND PINEVILLE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THIS STORM IS STILL DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS 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, Jan 27, 1:38 PM CST, 3 hours 53 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, 2 hours 46 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, 2 hours 45 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, 1 hour 46 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, 1 hour 45 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, 4:04 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-511-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 404 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 8 PM CST... ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR HARDIN...TYLER...JASPER...AND NEWTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 4 PM CST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF BURKEVILLE. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. PERSONS IN THIS WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND WARNINGS AS NEEDED. JH NNNN
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, 4:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 59 min |
| Jan 27, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.