Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Oct 16, 2006, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)

Expired

Oct 16, 2006, 5:00 AM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cameron Parish, LA

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KLCH 160936
TORLCH
LAC023-161000-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0021.061016T0932Z-061016T1000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
432 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 426 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
  ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  7 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKEFELLER WILDLIFE REFUGE.  ANOTHER SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 
  MILES SOUTH OF CREOLE.  YET ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KLONDIKE.  AND YET ANOTHER
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
  LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.  ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE      
  MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THESE POSSIBLE TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 435 AM CDT
   KLONDIKE BY 435 AM CDT
   GRAND CHENIER BY 445 AM CDT
   CREOLE BY 450 AM CDT

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

WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE BECOME TORNADOES. PEOPLE ALONG THE
SHORE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 7 AM CDT.

CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 2979 9320 2960 9262 3003 9262 3004 9318

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