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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 13, 2007Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 1:15 AM CST for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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, 1:15 AM CST (07:15 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 1:45 AM CST
In force: 30 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), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 130716
TORLCH
LAC113-130745-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0008.070213T0715Z-070213T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
115 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 145 AM CST

* AT 113 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEAR ERATH AT 120 AM CST
  5 MILES NORTH OF ERATH AT 125 AM CST
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH AT 130 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 2997 9215 2990 9207 2995 9200 3004 9197
      3008 9208

$$

SHAMBURGER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 130726
SVSLCH

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

LAC113-130745-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070213T0745Z/
VERMILION LA-
126 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR VERMILION
PARISH...

AT 124 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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 3002 9209 2998 9203 2998 9199 3004 9196
      3008 9207

$$

SHAMBURGER

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 130741
SVSLCH

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

LAC113-130751-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070213T0745Z/
VERMILION LA-
141 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VERMILION PARISH EXPIRES AT 145 AM CST...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT 
OF VERMILION PARISH INTO IBERIA AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES.

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

LAT...LON 3002 9209 2998 9203 2998 9199 3004 9196
      3008 9207

$$

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, 1:27 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.