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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 13, 1995Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 1995, 11:54 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1995, 11:54 AM CDT (16:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1995, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Cameron Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 297 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1191 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
1191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 131657
TORLCH
LAC023-131800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1154 AM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CAMERON PARISH
 
AT 1154 AM CDT SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND
IN SOUTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISH. THE STORM WAS 26 MILES WEST OF CAMERON
NEAR SABINE PASS. HWY 82 IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry65 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.