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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 14, 2006Acadia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2006, 12:05 PM CST for Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 25 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 14, 2006, 12:05 PM CST (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2006, 12:30 PM CST
In force
25 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 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2006-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1117 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 12:00Z on 2006-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 313 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 141805
TORLCH
LAC001-141830-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0049.061114T1805Z-061114T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1205 PM CST TUE NOV 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1159 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  EVANGELINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   IOTA BY 1215 PM CST
   RICHARD BY 1230 PM CST

THIS STORM CAUSED DAMAGE NEAR JENNINGS.

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 3035 9260 3023 9261 3040 9218 3048 9242

$$

ERICKSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 11:31 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu29 min
Nov 14, 11:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline19 min
Nov 14, 12:12 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHSaint Landry33 min
Nov 14, 12:21 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.