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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 18, 1995Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 18, 1995, 11:37 AM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 1995, 11:37 AM CST (17:37 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1995, 12:45 PM CST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Vernon Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1995-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 382 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 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
382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 181738
TORLCH
LAC115-181845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1137 AM CST WED JAN 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...VERNON PARISH
 
AT 1135 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEESVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT
45 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 9:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon67 min
Jan 18, 11:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron65 min
Jan 18, 11:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon65 min
Jan 18, 12:22 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard68 min
Jan 18, 12:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron59 min
Jan 18, 12:55 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHCameron65 min
Jan 18, 1:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides56 min
Jan 18, 1:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson Davis63 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.