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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 13, 1995Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1995, 12:29 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1995, 12:29 PM CST (18:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1995, 1:30 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 1995-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 275 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 1995-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 131830
TORLCH
LAC011-019-131930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1229 PM CST MON MAR 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...BEAUREGARD PARISH...CALCASIEU PARISH
 
AT 12:25 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TORNADOES 17 MILES EAST
OF PERKINS IN CALCASIEU PARISH AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAGLEY. THESE
TORNADOES WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
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 AVAIDLABLE...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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 11:26 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron64 min
Mar 13, 11:26 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard64 min
Mar 13, 12:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis68 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.