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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2005, 6:27 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 63 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, 6:27 AM CDT (11:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2005, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 5:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KLCH 241128
TORLCH
LAC019-079-115-TXC199-241-351-457-241230-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0017.050924T1127Z-050924T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
627 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 730 AM CDT
* AT 624 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED
BANDS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AROUND
THE EYE OF HURRICANE RITA. THE EYE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH
OF BEAUMONT MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIRBYVILLE...
JASPER...
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 3139 9285 3092 9282 3090 9355 3069 9362
3055 9374 3044 9371 3041 9375 3040 9369
3026 9375 3018 9456 3048 9458 3051 9453
3099 9460 3116 9388 3118 9358 3124 9354
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KLCH 241201
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
658 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
LAC019-079-241208-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050924T1230Z/
CALCASIEU-RAPIDES-
658 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CALCASIEU AND RAPIDES PARISHES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3132 9294 3091 9286 3090 9355 3069 9362
3055 9374 3044 9371 3041 9375 3038 9379
3026 9375 3018 9456 3048 9458 3051 9453
3099 9460 3116 9388 3118 9358 3124 9354
$$
LAC115-TXC199-241-351-457-241230-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050924T1230Z/
HARDIN-JASPER-NEWTON-TYLER-VERNON-
658 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARDIN...TYLER...JASPER...NEWTON
AND VERNON PARISHES UNTIL 730 AM CDT...
AT 646 AM CDT...THE EYE OF HURRICANE RITA CONTINUED TO MOVE
NORTHWEST THROUGH THE REGION ACCOMPANIED BY BANDS OF INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JASPER...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...BROWNDELL
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 3132 9294 3091 9286 3090 9355 3069 9362
3055 9374 3044 9371 3041 9375 3038 9379
3026 9375 3018 9456 3048 9458 3051 9453
3099 9460 3116 9388 3118 9358 3124 9354
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Sep 23, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Sep 23, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 27 min |
| Sep 23, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Vermilion | 32 min |
| Sep 23, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 23 min |
| Sep 23, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 37 min |
| Sep 24, 1:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 1:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 4:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Vernon | 62 min |
| Sep 24, 5:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 65 min |
| Sep 24, 5:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | St. Mary | 32 min |
| Sep 24, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 65 min |
| Sep 24, 11:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 24, 7:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 65 min |
| Sep 24, 8:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 62 min |
| Sep 24, 9:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 2 hr |
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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.