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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 26, 2005, 12:46 PM CST for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 29 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, 2005, 12:46 PM CST (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2005, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cameron Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 261846 TORLCH LAC023-261915- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0021.051126T1846Z-051126T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1246 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA * UNTIL 115 PM CST * AT 1242 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSON BAYOU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CONSTANCE BEACH BY 1255 PM CST HOLLY BEACH AND SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 105 PM CST HACKBERRY BY 115 PM CST WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE BECOME TORNADOES. PEOPLE ALONG THE SHORE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2971 9382 2958 9368 2992 9324 3008 9342 $$ LGE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KLCH 261910 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 110 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005 LAC023-261915- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051126T1915Z/ CAMERON LA- 110 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR CAMERON PARISH... AT 107 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLY BEACH..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF HACKBERRY BY 115 PM CST A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 2971 9382 2958 9368 2992 9324 3008 9342 $$ LGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 11:11 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.