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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 24, 20054 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2005, 4:13 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Sep 24, 2005, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2005, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 23, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC13 hr
Sep 23, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2005-09-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 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 2005-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 392 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
392 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
485 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 240916
TORLCH
LAC011-019-023-115-TXC199-241-245-351-361-457-241015-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0014.050924T0913Z-050924T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
413 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
  VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 412 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED  
BANDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WRAPPED 
AROUND THE EYE OF HURRICANE RITA.  THE EYE WAS LOCATED 17 MILES EAST 
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY MOVING NORTH AT 12 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VINTON...
  SULPHUR...
  DE QUINCY...

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3059 9484 2983 9429 3004 9301 3120 9359
      3105 9461

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette31 min
Sep 23, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette31 min
Sep 23, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron2 hr
Sep 23, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAllen27 min
Sep 23, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Vermilion32 min
Sep 23, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson Davis23 min
Sep 23, 11:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron2 hr
Sep 24, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides37 min
Sep 24, 1:52 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis2 hr
Sep 24, 1:52 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis2 hr
Sep 24, 5:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Vernon65 min
Sep 24, 5:58 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHSt. Mary32 min
Sep 24, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon65 min
Sep 24, 6:27 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Rapides, Vernon63 min
Sep 24, 11:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary3 hr
Sep 24, 2:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 8 more3 hr
Sep 24, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 8 more4 hr
Sep 24, 7:25 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton, Tyler65 min
Sep 24, 8:28 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton, Tyler62 min
Sep 24, 9:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Tyler2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.