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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 1, 2004Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2004, 2:08 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 22 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: Jun 1, 2004, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2004, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lafayette Parish, LA

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 1, 9:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.7

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The text

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

631 
WFUS54 KLCH 011908
TORLCH
LAC055-011930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
207 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 206 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR DUSON...MOVING   
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCOTT BY 225 PM CDT
  LAFAYETTE...CARENCRO BY 230 PM CDT

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 3033 9208 3019 9222 3012 9202 3030 9197

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 1, 9:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 9:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
905 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

.DISCUSSION...STORMS ASSOCD WITH MCS MOVING THRU RAPIDES AND
AVOYELLES PARISHES THIS AM...STORMS ARE FIRING ALONG FRNTL BNDRY.
THIS AREA OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. MORNING SOUNDING RATHER WET WITH PRECIP WATER AROUND 1.75
INCHES AND CAPES ABV 5000 J/KG...WITHOUT SOUNDING GETTING MODIFIED.
CURRENT ZONES LOOK TO BE ON TRACK AND HAVE NO PLANS FOR UPDATING AT
THIS TIME.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
LCH  89  76  90  74  /  40  20  40  20
BPT  89  77  91  76  /  40  20  40  20
AEX  88  72  90  71  /  40  20  40  20
LFT  89  74  90  73  /  40  20  40  20

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

KUYPER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 5:20 AM CDT, 8 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
520 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
021100-
ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-
CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-EVANGELINE-HARDIN-IBERIA-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-LOWER ST MARTIN-
NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER-UPPER ST MARTIN-
VERMILION-VERNON-
520 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY.
WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND FAVORABLE UPPER AIR
SUPPORT...A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
THERE WILL BE A DAILY CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. AT THIS TIME HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.

MARCOTTE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:54 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
154 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0153 PM     HAIL             MIRE                    30.30N 92.19W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        ACADIA             LA   PUBLIC

            REPORTED BY MIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

&&

THM

Local storm report, Jun 1, 2:00 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
200 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0157 PM     HAIL             2 E DUSON               30.23N 92.16W
06/01/2004  1.00 INCH        LAFAYETTE          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPT.

0157 PM     HAIL             2 E DUSON               30.23N 92.16W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        LAFAYETTE          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY DUSON PD.

&&

THM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette	61 min
Jun 1, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin	65 min
Jun 1, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson Davis	42 min
Jun 1, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson Davis	31 min
Jun 1, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.