Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2001, 8:11 PM CST for Iberia Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 14, 2001, 8:11 PM CST (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2001, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 8:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | New Iberia, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 792 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 150211 TORLCH LAC045-113-150245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 811 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001 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 845 PM CST * AT 807 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DOPPLER RADAR REPORTED A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TAKE COVER NOW 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.