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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 8, 1995Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1995, 10:14 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1995, 10:14 AM CDT (15:14 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
61 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, 3.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1937 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 1995-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
14.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 081516
TORLCH
LAC019-023-081615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1014 AM CDT MON MAY 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...CALCASIEU PARISH...CAMERON PARISH
 
AT 1008 AM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF HACKBERRY AND NEAR
MOSS BLUFF. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 9:18 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu57 min
May 8, 9:57 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Jefferson Davis63 min
May 8, 10:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline63 min
May 8, 12:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia69 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.