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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 13, 2007Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 12:19 AM CST for Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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: Feb 13, 2007, 12:19 AM CST (06:19 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 12:45 AM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Evangeline 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
Feb 12, 10:39 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 130620
TORLCH
LAC039-130645-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0005.070213T0619Z-070213T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1219 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST

* AT 1215 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER BEAVER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   PINE PRAIRIE BY 1225 AM CST
   TURKEY CREEK BY 1240 AM CST
   ST. LANDRY BY 1245 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 AND CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA UNTIL 6 AM CST.

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

LAT...LON 3078 9259 3071 9257 3067 9247 3084 9221
      3099 9239

$$

SHAMBURGER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 130630
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1229 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

LAC039-130645-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070213T0645Z/
EVANGELINE LA-
1229 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CST FOR EVANGELINE
PARISH...

AT 1225 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINE 
PRAIRIE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TURKEY CREEK BY 1240 AM CST
  5 MILES WEST OF ST. LANDRY BY 1245 AM CST

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.

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

LAT...LON 3080 9256 3075 9251 3072 9244 3084 9222
      3099 9239

$$

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, 12:39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.