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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 12:39 AM CST for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 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, 12:39 AM CST (06:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2007, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 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, 1:25 AM CST | TORNADO | 5 N Erath, LA | A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NORTH OF ERATH WAS DESTROYED BY A SMALL TORNADO. TENTATIVELY EF0 - WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. |
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, 6.7 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
- 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 130639
TORLCH
LAC113-130715-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0006.070213T0639Z-070213T0715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1239 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 115 AM CST
* AT 1236 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER FORKED
ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
HENRY BY 105 AM CST
ABBEVILLE AND MEAUX BY 110 AM CST
ERATH...DELCAMBRE AND MAURICE BY 115 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 IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 6 AM
CST.
CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2978 9243 2968 9231 2993 9199 3005 9201
3012 9216
$$
SHAMBURGER1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KLCH 130701
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
100 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007
LAC113-130715-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070213T0715Z/
VERMILION LA-
100 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR VERMILION
PARISH...
AT 1257 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
HENRY..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HENRY BY 105 AM CST
ABBEVILLE AND ERATH BY 110 CST
5 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELCAMBRE BY 115 AM CST
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 2989 9224 2982 9217 2991 9198 3005 9201
3009 9211
$$
SHAMBURGERThe 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, 12:47 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.