Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1995, 11:26 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1995, 11:26 AM CST (17:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1995, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 131730 COR TORLCH LAC011-019-023-131830- ...CORRECTION...LINE OVERPRINT IN TEXT BODY BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1126 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...BEAUREGARD PARISH...CALCASIEU PARISH...CAMERON PARISH SABINE PASS TO WHITE LAKE WHITE LAKE TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY AT 1120 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF ORANGE TEXAS. MOVEMENT OF THE TORNADO WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXIST IN A LINE EXTENDINFROM THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO SABINE PASS. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE WAS AAT 35 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLEP. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. &
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, Mar 13, 11:07 AM CST, 19 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1107 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 ...HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL PARISHES OF LOUISIANA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. WITH SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ALREADY IN FLOOD OR NEAR BANKFUL...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS PLACED PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 PM CST TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO..AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 11:10 AM CST, 16 minutes before
LAZ020-022-027>033-041>044-051>052-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1107 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 ...HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL PARISHES OF LOUISIANA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. WITH SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ALREADY IN FLOOD OR NEAR BANKFUL...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS PLACED PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 PM CST TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL RADIO..AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 64 min |
| Mar 13, 12:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 12:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 68 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.