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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 27, 2006Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2006, 11:20 AM CDT for Jefferson Davis 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
Aug 27, 2006, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2006, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2006-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3204 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 271621
TORLCH
LAC053-271645-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0009.060827T1620Z-060827T1645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1120 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1116 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  LACASSINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 1130 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 3027 9297 3022 9295 3028 9277 3038 9283

$$

K. KUYPER

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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.