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Tornado Warning 128, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2008, 11:59 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Sep 13, 2008, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2008, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 9:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 465 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 506 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 14.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 131659 TORLCH LAC019-023-131730- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0128.080913T1659Z-080913T1730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1159 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES SULPHUR...CARLYSS... CENTRAL CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...HACKBERRY... * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT * AT 1154 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE...MOVING NORTH AT 53 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HACKBERRY BY 1210 PM CDT... CARLYSS BY 1220 PM CDT... SULPHUR BY 1225 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3040 9349 3039 9322 2984 9348 2990 9368 TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 200DEG 46KT 2996 9354 $$ SHAMBURGER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 13, 11:05 AM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 11:05 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1105 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
.DISCUSSION...IKE CONTINUES TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTH ACROSS EAST
TEXAS WITH RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING CENTER MOVING INTO HOUSTON
COUNTY. HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE NOW BEEN DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL
STORM...WHILE DROPPING THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA OUT OF THE
INLAND TROPICAL WIND WARNING AS WINDS WEAKEN. DESPITE WEAKENING
WINDS FIELDS...DEVASTATING STORM SURGE CONTINUES.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 82 77 86 71 84 / 100 70 60 50 30
KBPT 82 78 86 71 85 / 100 70 60 50 30
KAEX 84 76 85 68 82 / 100 70 60 50 30
KLFT 83 76 86 70 83 / 100 50 60 50 30
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...
CALCASIEU...CAMERON...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST.
LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...VERNON.
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...VERNON.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CAMERON...
IBERIA...ST. MARY...VERMILION.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...
TYLER.
TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON...ORANGE...TYLER.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: JEFFERSON.
GM...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS
FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM...COASTAL
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL
CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH
ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM
INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.
&&
MARCOTTEHazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 4:03 AM CDT, 7 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 403 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-140915- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD- ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA- LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY- LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- 403 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HURRICANE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE FORCE WINDS...TIDAL SURGES FROM 12 FEET IN VERMILION PARISH TO 20 FEET IN JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH THE MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATER TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE TOMORROW AS IKE EXITS THE REGION ALTHOUGH RAINS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... K. KUYPER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 13, 6:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
613 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0607 AM STORM SURGE WESTLAKE 30.25N 93.26W
09/13/2008 U0.00 FT CALCASIEU LA PUBLIC
BEE TREE AT SAMPSON STREET COMPLETLY FLOODED.
&&
LANDRENEAULocal storm report, Sep 13, 6:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
625 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 AM STORM SURGE LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W
09/13/2008 M10.00 FT CALCASIEU LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
LAKE CHARLES SALT WATER BARRIER LCHL1 MEASURED A WATER
LEVEL OF 10.0 FEET.
&&
SHAMBURGERLocal storm report, Sep 13, 7:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
711 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 AM STORM SURGE LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W
09/13/2008 M11.50 FT CALCASIEU LA PUBLIC
PORT OF LAKE CHARLES REPORTED 11.5 FT TIDE LEVEL DUE TO
STORM SURGE.
&&
SHAMBURGERLocal storm report, Sep 13, 7:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
716 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 AM STORM SURGE LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W
09/13/2008 U0.00 FT CALCASIEU LA NWS EMPLOYEE
MAJOR FLOODING REPORTED AT LAKE STREET AND SALESTREET IN
LAKE CHARLES
&&Local storm report, Sep 13, 7:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
743 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM STORM SURGE WESTLAKE 30.25N 93.26W
09/13/2008 U0.00 FT CALCASIEU LA PUBLIC
MANY HOMES ON MATILDA STREET WITH MINOR FLOODING.
&&
LANDRENEAULocal storm report, Sep 13, 9:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
956 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0953 AM HURRICANE 10 S NEW IBERIA 29.86N 91.82W
09/13/2008 IBERIA LA COAST GUARD
PONTOON BARGE SUNK NEAR STATE ROUTE 83 AT WAREHOUSE
BAYOU.
&&
FNAVEJARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 23 min |
| Sep 12, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 24 min |
| Sep 12, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 28 min |
| Sep 12, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 29 min |
| Sep 12, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 32 min |
| Sep 12, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 37 min |
| Sep 12, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 27 min |
| Sep 12, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 1 more | 49 min |
| Sep 12, 11:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion | 26 min |
| Sep 13, 12:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 24 min |
| Sep 13, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides, Vernon | 38 min |
| Sep 13, 1:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 22 min |
| Sep 13, 1:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 2:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 29 min |
| Sep 13, 2:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 37 min |
| Sep 13, 2:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 6 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Jefferson Davis | 14 min |
| Sep 13, 2:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 37 min |
| Sep 13, 2:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Vermilion | 35 min |
| Sep 13, 3:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 46 min |
| Sep 13, 3:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 37 min |
| Sep 13, 3:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 33 min |
| Sep 13, 4:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 5:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 46 min |
| Sep 13, 5:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 35 min |
| Sep 13, 5:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 24 min |
| Sep 13, 7:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 29 min |
| Sep 13, 7:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 32 min |
| Sep 13, 8:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 27 min |
| Sep 13, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides, Vernon | 35 min |
| Sep 13, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 11:18 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Sep 13, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 25 min |
| Sep 13, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 35 min |
| Sep 13, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron | 27 min |
| Sep 13, 12:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 33 min |
| Sep 13, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 27 min |
| Sep 13, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 26 min |
| Sep 13, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 28 min |
| Sep 13, 4:22 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 13, 4:43 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 14 hr | |
| Sep 13, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.