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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 12, 2006Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 12, 2006, 3:28 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 12, 2006, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Oct 12, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Beauregard Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 12, 3:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Deridder, LA	QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN DERIDDER
Oct 12, 3:33 PM CDT	TORNADO	Deridder, LA	TORNADO REPORTED NEAR DERIDDER HIGH SCHOOL
Oct 12, 3:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Deridder, LA	MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES FROM FALLING TREES AROUND DERIDDER. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BOISE PAPER MILL. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. NO INJURIES REPORTED.
Oct 12, 3:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Deridder, LA	SEVERAL TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN DERIDDER BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. REPORTED BY BEAUREGARD PARISH EMERGENCY MANAGER.
Oct 12, 3:41 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Deridder, LA	60 MPH WINDS IN DERIDDER REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
Oct 12, 4:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	10 Se Deridder, LA	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN BEAUREGARD PARISH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 122030
TORLCH
LAC011-122100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0013.061012T2028Z-061012T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
328 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH
  OF DERIDDER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE WEST OF BUNDICK LAKE AT 4   
  PM CDT.

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 3086 9331 3074 9337 3065 9320 3080 9309

$$

JS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 122036
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
336 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

LAC011-122100-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061012T2100Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-
336 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR BEAUREGARD
PARISH...

AT 331 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR DE RIDDER..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR 
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER 
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3086 9331 3074 9337 3065 9320 3080 9309

$$

ERICKSON

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 122046
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
346 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

LAC011-122100-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-061012T2100Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-
346 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR BEAUREGARD
PARISH...

AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
DERIDDER..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR BUNDICK LAKE AND DRY CREEK.

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR 
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER 
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3086 9331 3074 9337 3065 9320 3080 9309

$$

ERICKSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard	63 min
Oct 12, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	31 min
Oct 12, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen	36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.