Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 8:41 AM CST for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
- Dec 15, 2007, 8:41 AM CST (14:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2007, 9:15 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 151443 TORLCH LAC011-115-TXC351-151515- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0017.071215T1441Z-071215T1515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 841 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... SOUTHWESTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 915 AM CST * AT 837 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEWTON... MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 10 MILES NORTH OF JUNCTION BY 905 AM CST... EVANS BY 910 AM CST... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A POSSIBLE TORNADO. WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN TYLER COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3107 9339 3090 9331 3076 9384 3093 9385 TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 249DEG 35KT 3084 9376 $$ SHAMBURGER
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KLCH 151505
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
905 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
LAC011-115-TXC351-151515-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-071215T1515Z/
VERNON LA-BEAUREGARD LA-NEWTON TX-
905 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BEAUREGARD AND
SOUTHWESTERN VERNON PARISHES...
AT 900 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EVANS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BURKEVILLE...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN TYLER COUNTY.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3100 9335 3098 9335 3090 9331 3084 9356
3099 9365 3107 9339
TIME...MOT...LOC 1505Z 249DEG 35KT 3092 9351
$$
SHAMBURGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 4:05 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Dec 15, 9:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 30 min |
| Dec 15, 9:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 42 min | |
| Dec 15, 9:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Dec 15, 10:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 36 min |
| Dec 15, 10:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 33 min |
| Dec 15, 8:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 34 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.