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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 2, 1995Acadia Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 1995, 3:15 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 2, 1995, 3:15 AM CST (09:15 UTC)
Expired: Nov 2, 1995, 4:15 AM CST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 020916
TORLCH
LAC001-113-021015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
315 AM CST THU NOV 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...ACADIA PARISH...VERMILION PARISH
 
AT 314 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO NEAR GUEYDAN IN NORTHWEST VERMILION PARISH.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 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 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 2, 1:59 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
200 AM CST THU NOV 2 1995

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0806 PM    OAKDALE                   LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   ALLEN                          PINE TREE DOWN ON
                                          HIGHWAY 10.

0840 PM    CHENEYVILLE               LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   RAPIDES                        TREE DOWN ON TRAILER.
                                          POWER LINES DOWN.

0850 PM    TURKEY CREEK              LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   EVANGELINE                     SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN.
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO.
0900 PM    BUNKIE                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   AVOYELLES                      TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

Local storm report, Nov 2, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
200 AM CST THU NOV 2 1995

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0806 PM    OAKDALE                   LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   ALLEN                          PINE TREE DOWN ON
                                          HIGHWAY 10.

0840 PM    CHENEYVILLE               LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   RAPIDES                        TREE DOWN ON TRAILER.
                                          POWER LINES DOWN.

0850 PM    TURKEY CREEK              LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   EVANGELINE                     SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN.
                                          POSSIBLE TORNADO.
0900 PM    BUNKIE                    LA   WIND DAMAGE
11/01/95   AVOYELLES                      TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 1, 7:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Rapides	63 min
Nov 1, 8:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	42 min
Nov 2, 4:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	49 min
Nov 2, 6:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia	45 min
Nov 2, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen	60 min
Nov 2, 5:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia	56 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.