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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 12:02 AM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 43 min. 5 reports 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, 12:02 AM CST (06:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2007, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Iberia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 12:10 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | 2 Nw Youngsville, LA | CONFIRMED TORNADO BASED ON NWS STORM SURVEY...RATED EF1. PATH LENGTH 2 MILES. PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS. TORNADO BEGAN JUST NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF VEROT SCHOOL ROAD AND HIGHWAY 92 AND TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD ENDING NEAR BONIN ROAD. TWO BRICK HOMES RECEIVED |
| Feb 13, 12:10 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | Youngsville, LA | CONFIRMED TORNADO BASED ON NWS STORM SURVEY...RATED EF1. PATH LENGTH 2 MILES. PATH WIDTH 50 YARDS. TWO BRICK HOMES RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. ONE HAD A GARAGE DESTROYED...WHICH RIPPED PART OF THE ROOF OFF. THE NEIGHBORS ROOF WAS DAMAGED BY FLYING DEBRIS |
| Feb 13, 12:10 AM CST | TORNADO | Youngsville, LA | LAFAYETTE 911 REPORTS POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR VEROT SCHOOL ROAD IN THE YOUNGSVILLE AREA. DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME AND NO INJURIES REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 13, 12:15 AM CST | TORNADO | Youngsville, LA | KLFY-TV REPORTS 6 HOMES DAMAGED WITH HOLES IN ROOFS IN HUNTERS RIDGE SUBDIVISION. 2 HOUSES ARE 75 PERCENT DESTROYED. |
| Feb 13, 12:32 AM CST | TORNADO | Youngsville, LA | LAFAYETTE 911 REPORTS POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR VEROT SCHOOL ROAD IN THE YOUNGSVILLE AREA. DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME AND NO INJURIES REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. |
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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 130603 TORLCH LAC045-055-099-113-130645- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0004.070213T0602Z-070213T0645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1202 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA * UNTIL 1245 AM CST * AT 1154 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER JEFFERSON ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ST. MARTINVILLE BY 1215 AM CST PARKS BY 1225 AM CST 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 3007 9211 2994 9197 3013 9176 3025 9188 $$ JT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KLCH 130619 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1219 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 LAC045-113-130629- /O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070213T0645Z/ VERMILION LA-IBERIA LA- 1219 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR IBERIA AND VERMILION PARISHES IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 3016 9206 3009 9192 3023 9178 3029 9195 $$ LAC055-099-130645- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070213T0645Z/ LAFAYETTE LA-ST. MARTIN LA- 1219 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CST FOR ST. MARTIN AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES... AT 1210 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROUSSARD..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BREAUX BRIDGE BY 1225 AM CST A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 3016 9206 3009 9192 3023 9178 3029 9195 $$ JT
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, 12:19 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, 1:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 38 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 |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.