Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Mar 6, 1998, 12:31 PM CST (18:31 UTC)

Expired

Mar 6, 1998, 1:20 PM CST

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Vermilion Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS1 KLCH 061829 RRA
TORLCH
LAC113-061920-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1231 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES LA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 120 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

   ...VERMILION PARISH

AT 1226 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF GUEYDAN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. THE
CITIES OF GUEYDAN AND KAPLAN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH
OR CULVERT.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Mar 6, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
930 AM CST FRI MAR 6 1998

IR AND VIS SAT LOOP SHOWING CONSIDERABLE MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS
ABOVE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS. ISOLATED STRONG TSTM OCCURRING OFFSHORE
25 MILES S OF HIGH ISLAND. NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED JUST N
OF BPT TO LEESVILLE TO NEAR AEX.  ALONG AND S OF FRONT AIRMASS IS
MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH MODIFIED 12Z LCH SOUNDING SHOWING LI OF
-6 AND CAPE OF 1200. MOISTURE DEPTH IS LACKING WITH DRY LAYER
ABOVE SHALLOW MOIST LAYER...THEREFORE EXPECT WIDELY SCT/SCT
SHOWERS AND TSTMS THIS AFT...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE STRONG TO SVR.
BEST CHC SVR WILL COME LATE TONIGHT AND SAT WITH APPROACH OF
MID/UPPER LEVEL TROF. FOR UPDATED ZONES...SUGGEST MENTIONING
TSTMS FOR COASTAL SE TX ZONES AND RAISING POPS TO 30 PERCENT AND
CHANGING WINDS TO SE. CAN DROP DENSE FOG ADVISORY AREAWIDE. FOR
LA ZONES...CHG AFT CLOUDS TO M CLOUDY.

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