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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 30, 1995Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 1995, 8:06 PM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 1995, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Cameron Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 1995-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1447 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 310107 RRA
TORLCH
LAC023-310215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
806 PM CDT SUN JUL 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...CAMERON PARISH
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
AND VERMILION BAY
 
AT 800 PM CDT...THE CAMERON COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON
THE GROUND ON HIGHWAY 27...JUST NORTH OF HOLLY BEACH. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE SABINE NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 815 PM.
 
 
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 AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

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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.