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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 18, 1995Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 10:11 PM CDT for Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Martin Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1651 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 190311
TORLCH
LAC099-190415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1011 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
 
   ...LOWER ST MARTIN PARISH
 
AT 1009 PM RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREAUX
BRIDGE. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS LEFT A HISTORY OF HIGH
WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
 
 
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 JCLOSET 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
May 18, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin67 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.