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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 23, 2005Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 23, 2005, 9:59 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 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 23, 2005, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lafayette Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 240302
TORLCH
LAC055-240330-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0005.050924T0259Z-050924T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED FOR DIRECTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
959 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 955 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CARENCRO...
  MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH.

THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TAKE COVER NOW

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - 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 3018 9200 3034 9200 3028 9214 3019 9215

$$

WILEY

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 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, 4:13 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Vernon62 min
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

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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.