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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 10, 2006Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2006, 5:50 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 40 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
May 10, 2006, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Beauregard Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2006-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3074 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2006-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 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
3074 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
9.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 102250
TORLCH
LAC011-102330-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0007.060510T2250Z-060510T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
550 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER JUNCTION...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   JUNCTION BY 555 PM CDT
   MERRYVILLE BY 600 PM CDT
   DE RIDDER AND SINGER BY 620 PM CDT
   LONGVILLE BY 630 PM CDT

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

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

LAT...LON 3088 9354 3069 9361 3052 9314 3088 9314

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KLCH 102314
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
612 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

LAC011-102330-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060510T2330Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-
612 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR BEAUREGARD
PARISH...

AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A 
NEW POSSIBLE TORNADO...NEAR JUNCTION..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 
THE PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORM WITH A RADAR INDICATED TORNADO HAS 
DISSIPATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTH OF SINGER AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE RIDDER BY 630
  PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3088 9354 3069 9361 3052 9314 3088 9314

$$

DML

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon54 min
May 10, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides47 min
May 10, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard59 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.