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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 54 min |
| May 10, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.