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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2005, 7:21 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2005, 7:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Avoyelles Parish, LA
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, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KLCH 250021
TORLCH
LAC009-250100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0020.050925T0021Z-050925T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
721 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUNKIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUNKIE...
COTTONPORT...
MANSURA...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE INSIDE A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 3115 9179 3086 9215 3086 9222 3086 9222
3090 9222 3093 9226 3096 9226 3097 9219
3109 9222 3126 9208
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KLCH 250055
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
754 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
LAC009-250104-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050925T0100Z/
AVOYELLES-
754 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR AVOYELLES PARISH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3115 9179 3086 9215 3086 9222 3086 9222
3090 9222 3093 9226 3096 9226 3097 9219
3109 9222 3126 9208
$$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.