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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 3, 2000Acadia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2000, 6:09 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2000, 6:09 AM CDT (11:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2000, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Acadia Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 6:15 AM CDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, LA

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 4:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2000-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 656 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
9.2

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The text

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

932 
WFUS54 KLCH 031109
TORLCH
LAC001-031215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
609 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 546 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF IOTA...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHURCH POINT BY 615 AM CDT

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles68 min
Apr 2, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson Davis57 min
Apr 2, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry65 min
Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Evangeline61 min
Apr 2, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry61 min
Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard61 min
Apr 2, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon60 min
Apr 2, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Rapides64 min
Apr 3, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard59 min
Apr 3, 3:37 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon68 min
Apr 3, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu60 min
Apr 3, 5:00 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu60 min
Apr 3, 5:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson Davis53 min
Apr 3, 5:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron58 min
Apr 3, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis54 min
Apr 3, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry54 min
Apr 3, 6:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette56 min
Apr 3, 6:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette67 min
Apr 3, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry56 min
Apr 3, 6:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVermilion63 min
Apr 3, 7:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Martin68 min
Apr 3, 7:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, St. Mary63 min
Apr 3, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu64 min
Apr 3, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen64 min
Apr 3, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline, Rapides60 min
Apr 3, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard60 min
Apr 3, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.