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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 26, 2003Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 26, 2003, 5:15 PM CST for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2003, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 2003, 5:45 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cameron Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2003-11-26Temperature 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 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 2003-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 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
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 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.

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 262315
TORLCH
LAC023-262345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
515 PM CST WED NOV 26 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 513 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
  REFUGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 535 PM CST

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 2982 9385 2976 9373 2994 9342 3004 9359

$$

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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.