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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 13, 2007Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 1:52 AM CST for Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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: Feb 13, 2007, 1:52 AM CST (07:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 2:30 AM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saint Martin Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 13, 2:13 AM CST	HAIL 1	Catahoula, LA	LARGE HAIL REPORTED IN CATAHOULA BY KLFY-TV.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 12, 10:39 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 130754
TORLCH
LAC099-130830-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0010.070213T0752Z-070213T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
152 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 150 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ST.        
  MARTINVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  ANOTHER SEVERE          
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES    
  SOUTHEAST OF BUTTE LA ROSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   CATAHOULA BY 205 AM CST
   BUTTE LA ROSE BY 215 AM CST

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 
6 AM CST.

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

LAT...LON 3011 9193 3006 9182 3013 9175 3015 9158
      3018 9147 3025 9159 3037 9166 3017 9187

$$

SHAMBURGER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 130807
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
205 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

LAC099-130830-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070213T0830Z/
ST. MARTIN LA-
205 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM CST FOR ST. MARTIN
PARISH...

AT 201 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CATAHOULA...AND 
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BUTTE LA ROSE BY 215 AM CST

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3019 9183 3013 9175 3018 9147 3024 9150
      3025 9159 3037 9164

$$

SHAMBURGER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 12, 8:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	25 min
Feb 12, 9:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	57 min
Feb 12, 9:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	3 hr
Feb 12, 10:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	62 min
Feb 12, 11:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen	36 min
Feb 13, 12:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	43 min
Feb 13, 12:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Evangeline	26 min
Feb 13, 12:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vermilion	36 min
Feb 13, 12:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Saint Landry	58 min
Feb 13, 12:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Iberia	40 min
Feb 13, 1:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin	30 min
Feb 13, 1:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vermilion	30 min
Feb 13, 1:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia	63 min
Feb 13, 1:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin	31 min
Feb 13, 1:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Saint Landry	61 min
Feb 13, 1:49 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
Feb 13, 2:37 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		53 min
Feb 13, 3:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	St. Mary	31 min
Feb 13, 3:37 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		53 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.