Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2000, 9:27 PM CDT for Iberia Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 31, 2000, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 9:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, LA | |
| Aug 31, 9:41 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, LA | |
| Aug 31, 9:42 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 72 M | New Iberia Arpt, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 010228 TORLCH LAC045-113-010330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 927 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 923 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH BETWEEN LAFAYETTE AND YOUNGSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... DELCAMBRE...ERATH BY 955 PM CDT TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER! NOW! 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 67 min |
| Sep 1, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 56 min |
| Sep 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.