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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 3, 2002Acadia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 2002, 11:42 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2002, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2002, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Acadia Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 3, 11:43 AM CDTTornado F0Estherwood, 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 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2002-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2002-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

131 
WFUS54 KLCH 031642
TORLCH
LAC001-031715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1143 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF CROWLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 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

CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3012 9249 3023 9229 3034 9227 3029 9249

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHVermilion4 hr
Oct 3, 10:58 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette32 min
Oct 3, 11:17 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia28 min
Oct 3, 11:32 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette28 min
Oct 3, 11:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia3 hr
Oct 3, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia30 min
Oct 3, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHEvangeline23 min
Oct 3, 12:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia17 min
Oct 3, 12:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHEvangeline, Saint Landry67 min
Oct 3, 1:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHEvangeline3 hr
Oct 3, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHEvangeline33 min
Oct 3, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHRapides58 min
Oct 3, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHRapides3 hr
Oct 3, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHRapides48 min

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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.