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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 24, 2001Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 2:14 AM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2001, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2001, 2:30 AM CST
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Avoyelles Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2001-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2239 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 00:00Z on 2001-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

567 
WFUS54 KLCH 240816
TORLCH
LAC009-240830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
214 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 213 AM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5 MILES NORTH OF SIMMESPORT
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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 3117 9183 3107 9173 3112 9171 3122 9175

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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.