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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 16, 2006Acadia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 2006, 8:48 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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 16, 2006, 8:48 AM CDT (13:48 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2006, 9:15 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Acadia Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 16, 8:50 AM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Iota, LA	F1 TORNADO CONFIRMED BY NWS EMPLOYEE SOUTH OF IOTA LA. PATH LENGTH WAS .5 MILE. PATH WIDTH WAS 20 YARDS.
Oct 16, 8:50 AM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Iota, LA	F1 TORNADO CONFIRMED BY NWS EMPLOYEE SOUTH OF IOTA LA. PATH LENGTH WAS .5 MILE. PATH WIDTH WAS 20 YARDS. ONE HOME PUSHED OFF PILINGS - HAS SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET HAS WINDOWS BROKEN...VINYL SIDING RIPPED OFF...AND ROOF DAMAGE. SEVERAL
Oct 16, 8:50 AM CDT	TORNADO	S Iota, LA	MCCAIN ROAD - HOME KNOCKED OFF BLOCKS - POSSIBLE TORNADO. REPORT BY KLFY TV.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 2 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 16, 5:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 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: 2542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 560 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 719 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 11.5
Supercell composite: 47.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 161348
TORLCH
LAC001-161415-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0036.061016T1348Z-061016T1415Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 842 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EGAN...
  MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN ACADIA PARISH AT 900 AM 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 3022 9255 3021 9234 3048 9234 3048 9255

$$
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Oct 16, 3:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 3:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
342 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

.DISCUSSION...VERY BUSY HERE TONIGHT AND AFD WILL BE BRIEF.
WIDESPREAD RAINS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
NORTHWARD RETREATING WARM FRONT. BOUNDARY CURRENTLY MOVING INTO NORTH
LOUISIANA. SEEING A FEW SPIN UPS WITH CONVECTION OVER THE NEAR COASTAL
WATERS...BUT FORTUNATELY FEATURES HAVE BEEN SHOWING A RAPID
DISSIPATION UPON MOVING ONSHORE. WIDESPREAD RAINS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TODAY AS REGION REMAINS IN A MOIST SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW...WITH CONTINUED SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA
AHEAD OF MAIN MID/UPPER TROF ADVANCING THROUGH COLORADO/NEW
MEXICO.

EXTREME TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE COMBINED WITH IMPULSES COMING
THROUGH REQUIRES A CONTINUATION OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH. HPC
SUGGESTING AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY WILL ALSO BE CONTINUED AS PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT
AND WINDS STRONG BOTH OVER THE NEAR COASTAL WATERS AND INLAND.

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM FOR OUR SOUTHERN ZONES AND
COASTAL WATERS OUT 20 MILES. KINEMATICS GOOD FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE
DEVELOPMENT TODAY BUT WILL BE LIMITED BY THERMODYNAMICS.

RAIN CHANCES DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT AS AFOREMENTIONED UPPER TROF
ADVANCES EAST ACROSS THE REGION AND SHARPLY DRIER AIR FILTERS IN.

&&

.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED
INTO TONIGHT MAINTAINING LOW CEILINGS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY.

&&

.MARINE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHWSET
GULF TODAY AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN A STRONG
SOUTHERLY FLOW. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  80  74  89  66 / 100  70  10  10
KBPT  80  73  89  66 / 100  70  10  10
KAEX  77  68  89  64 / 100  70  10  10
KLFT  81  74  89  66 / 100  90  30  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ACADIA...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
     LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY...UPPER ST.
     MARTIN...AND VERMILION.

     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ACADIA...
     ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...
     EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER
     ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER ST.
     MARTIN...VERMILION...AND VERNON.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ACADIA...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
     ST. MARY...AND VERMILION.

TX...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: HARDIN...
     JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...AND TYLER.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     HARDIN...JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE.

     TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     HARDIN...JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20
     NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA
     OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA
     TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS
     FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20
     NM TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.

     TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL
     WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM...
     COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20
     NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM.

&&

MARCOTTE

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 4:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
436 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-170945-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
436 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GM...CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A VIGOROUS UPPER
DISTURBANCE ADVANCES TOWARD THE REGION. WITH THE HEAVY RAINS WILL
COME THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY...TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS STONG SHEAR EXISTS IN THE LOW
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TUESDAY WITH MINIMAL RAIN
CHANCES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 16, 7:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
727 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     TORNADO          LUMBERTON               30.26N 94.20W
10/16/2006                   HARDIN             TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            POSSIBLE TORNADO. DEBRIS REPORTED IN THE AIR WITH
            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND OTHER DAMAGE. TIME APPROXIMATE.
            REPORTED BY KBTV CHANNEL 4 IN BEAUMONT.

&&

SHAMBURGER

Local storm report, Oct 16, 7:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
733 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     TORNADO          CHINA                   30.05N 94.34W
10/16/2006                   JEFFERSON          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO DESTROYED MOBILE HOMES. TIME APPROXIMATE.
            REPORTED BY JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.

&&

SHAMBURGER

Local storm report, Oct 16, 7:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
743 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 AM     TORNADO          GRAND CHENIER           29.77N 92.97W
10/16/2006                   CAMERON            LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO MOVED ONSHORE IN GRAND CHENIER. REPORTED BY
            CAMERON PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE.

&&

SHAMBURGER

Local storm report, Oct 16, 8:36 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
836 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SARATOGA                30.28N 94.53W
10/16/2006                   HARDIN             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. ONE TREE LANDED ON
            A HOUSE.

0800 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LUMBERTON               30.26N 94.20W
10/16/2006                   HARDIN             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 1293 CLOSED BETWEEN HONEY ISLAND AND THICKET.
            VEHICLES STRANDED IN THE WATER. WATER IN HOMES NEAR
            KOUNTZE.

&&

ERICKSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 15, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		65 min
Oct 15, 9:03 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more	26 hr
Oct 15, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		67 min
Oct 15, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
Oct 15, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		63 min
Oct 16, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
Oct 16, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		53 min
Oct 16, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Oct 16, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Oct 16, 2:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron	29 min
Oct 16, 3:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vermilion	30 min
Oct 16, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		65 min
Oct 16, 3:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron	24 min
Oct 16, 3:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron	32 min
Oct 16, 4:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron	28 min
Oct 16, 4:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson Davis	24 min
Oct 16, 7:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia	41 min
Oct 16, 7:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	40 min
Oct 16, 8:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Vermilion	25 min
Oct 16, 8:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	32 min
Oct 16, 8:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	32 min
Oct 16, 9:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	41 min
Oct 16, 9:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	30 min
Oct 16, 9:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	33 min
Oct 16, 10:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	48 min
Oct 16, 11:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	29 min
Oct 16, 1:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	3 hr
Oct 16, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard	63 min
Oct 16, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		67 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.