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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 29, 2002Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2002, 2:38 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 min. 5 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
Oct 29, 2002, 2:38 AM CST (08:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2002, 3:15 AM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 29, 2:45 AM CSTTornado F0Richard, LA
Oct 29, 2:50 AM CSTTornado F1Eunice, LA
Oct 29, 2:55 AM CSTTornado F2Chataignier, LA
Oct 29, 2:58 AM CSTThunderstorm WindChurch Pt, LA
Oct 29, 3:10 AM CSTTornado F2Opelousas, 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 29, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2002-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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 2002-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 12:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu58 min
Oct 29, 12:25 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu35 min
Oct 29, 12:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu3 hr
Oct 29, 1:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu56 min
Oct 29, 1:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard57 min
Oct 29, 1:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard55 min
Oct 29, 1:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson Davis63 min
Oct 29, 2:16 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHAllen29 min
Oct 29, 2:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia65 min
Oct 29, 2:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline58 min
Oct 29, 2:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHCameron3 hr
Oct 29, 3:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette55 min
Oct 29, 3:13 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHLafayette3 hr
Oct 29, 3:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry55 min
Oct 29, 3:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard3 hr
Oct 29, 3:32 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Oct 29, 3:32 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Oct 29, 3:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Martin58 min
Oct 29, 3:42 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHSaint Martin33 min
Oct 29, 4:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu2 hr
Oct 29, 4:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHVermilion2 hr
Oct 29, 6:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHIberia118 min
Oct 28, 10:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin54 min
Oct 28, 10:56 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHHardin64 min
Oct 28, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson57 min
Oct 28, 11:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Orange58 min
Oct 28, 11:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton29 min
Oct 29, 12:07 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHOrange3 hr
Oct 29, 12:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson56 min
Oct 29, 12:27 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson3 hr

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.