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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 13, 2001Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2001, 8:39 AM CDT for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2001, 8:39 AM CDT (13:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2001, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Vermilion Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 13, 8:45 AM CDTThunderstorm WindKaplan, 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
Oct 13, 8:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 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 12:00Z on 2001-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1582 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2001-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

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

551 
WFUS54 KLCH 131339
TORLCH
LAC113-131445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
839 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 837 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF GUEYDAN...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KAPLAN BY 910 AM CDT
  MEAUX BY 930 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.

LAT...LON 2999 9260 2982 9253 2993 9213 3012 9220

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard63 min
Oct 12, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard45 min
Oct 12, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon47 min
Oct 12, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen60 min
Oct 12, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides57 min
Oct 12, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides43 min
Oct 13, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH43 min
Oct 13, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH43 min
Oct 13, 5:02 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard28 min
Oct 13, 5:05 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHVernon55 min
Oct 13, 5:24 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard36 min
Oct 13, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
Oct 13, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
Oct 13, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu65 min
Oct 13, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron57 min
Oct 13, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides58 min
Oct 13, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard65 min
Oct 13, 6:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVermilion56 min
Oct 13, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron58 min
Oct 13, 6:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides48 min
Oct 13, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson Davis60 min
Oct 13, 7:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles65 min
Oct 13, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline62 min
Oct 13, 7:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Oct 13, 7:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Oct 13, 7:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Oct 13, 7:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Oct 13, 7:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen58 min
Oct 13, 7:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia64 min
Oct 13, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVermilion67 min
Oct 13, 8:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry59 min
Oct 13, 8:37 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia23 min
Oct 13, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette63 min
Oct 13, 8:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
Oct 13, 8:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
Oct 13, 8:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
Oct 13, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia25 min
Oct 13, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Martin66 min
Oct 13, 9:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia62 min
Oct 13, 10:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSt. Mary65 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.