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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2008, 2:33 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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 3, 2008, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lafayette Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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.
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 3, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 3154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 13.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 031933 TORLCH LAC055-032000- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0072.080903T1933Z-080903T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 233 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...SCOTT...LAFAYETTE...CARENCRO... * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SCOTT BY 245 PM CDT... LAFAYETTE BY 250 PM CDT... CARENCRO BY 300 PM CDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL 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 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 3037 9204 3023 9196 3014 9215 3019 9220 TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 226DEG 22KT 3019 9214 $$ 25
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 3, 1:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 1:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
107 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008
.UPDATE...
UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT NEW TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 7 PM
TONIGHT FOR OUR EASTER AREAS.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1237 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008/
DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FORECAST TO REMOVE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY SINCE WINDS HAVE
ABATED. SMALL CRAFTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AS 4 TO 5 FOOT SEAS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO ABATE.
ALSO...CANCELLED COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY AS POINTS ALONG THE
COASTAL AREAS ARE SHOWING TIDE HEIGHTS FALLING TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 955 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008/
DISCUSSION...
DRIER AIR WORKING INTO TEXAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AT THE PRESENT TIME. WILL NEED TO PARE DOWN POPS TO
ACCOUNT FOR THIS. GREATEST MOISTURE AND HIGHEST POPS WILL BE CONFINED
TO THE EAST PART OF THE AREA WHERE THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
INDICATED TO BE UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. WILL CANCEL THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR OUR WESTERN LOUISIANA AREA THAT WAS VALID TIL 1 PM.
GREAT CONCERN STILL EXISTS FOR AREAS TO EAST AS WSR-88D RADARS
CONTINUE TO INDICATE CIRCULATIONS EMBEDDED IN SOME OF THE STORMS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS VALID TILL 1 PM FOR THE I-10 CORRIDOR FROM
JEFFERSON DAVIS EAST SAINT MARTIN...AND NORTH TO RAPIDES AND
AVOYELLES PARISHES.
THIS TORNADO AND HEAVY RAIN EVENT SHOULD BEGIN TO WANE TOWARD THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE DRIER AIR SPREADS EASTWARD.
AVIATION...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. IN LOUISIANA...
MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL IN THE THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN
AREAS...OTHERWISE...VFR WHERE RAIN IS ABSENT.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE UNTIL 1
PM...WILL PROBABLY ALLOW SCA TO EXPIRE UNLESS BORDERLINE SCA WINDS CONTINUE
TO HANG ON. WINDS LOOK TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 75 86 69 88 71 / 60 30 10 10 0
KBPT 71 89 70 92 71 / 30 10 10 10 0
KAEX 69 87 68 89 68 / 40 10 10 10 0
KLFT 74 85 70 88 72 / 60 30 10 10 0
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: ACADIA...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...
LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST.
MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN AND VERMILION PARISHES.
A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: RAPIDES...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...SAINT LANDRY...
ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...SAINT MARTIN...VERMILION AND IBERIA
PARISHES.
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&
06Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 6:37 AM CDT, 7 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 637 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-041100- 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- 637 AM CDT WED SEP 3 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 A TORNADO WATCH 885 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 1 PM CDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL ...AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR TODAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NUISANCE FLOODING AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA TODAY...BECOMING LESS NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH TORNADOES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS IS POSSIBLE FOR TODAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 3, 11:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1159 AM CDT WED SEP 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1157 AM TORNADO CROWLEY 30.21N 92.38W
09/03/2008 ACADIA LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE EAST SIDE
OF CROWLEY NEAR CAPITAL RD.
&&
GRIFFINLocal storm report, Sep 3, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1205 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 PM FLASH FLOOD ALEXANDRIA 31.29N 92.46W
09/03/2008 RAPIDES LA CO-OP OBSERVER
CO-OP OBSERVER REPORTS THAT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
CONTINUES IN AND AROUND ALEXANDRIA
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Sep 3, 12:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1211 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM TSTM WND DMG EFFIE 31.22N 92.16W
09/03/2008 AVOYELLES LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERRIFFS DEPT REPORTS 2 HOMES WITH ROOFS REMOVED.
POSSIBLE TORNADO.
&&
MOGGEDLocal storm report, Sep 3, 2:05 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
205 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM FUNNEL CLOUD ARNAUDVILLE 30.42N 91.93W
09/03/2008 ST. LANDRY LA PUBLIC
TWO REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR ARNAUDVILLE FROM THE
PUBLIC RELAYED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
&&
JNUNNLocal storm report, Sep 3, 2:10 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
210 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0153 PM TORNADO NNE ARNAUDVILLE 30.42N 91.93W
09/03/2008 ST. LANDRY LA BROADCAST MEDIA
DAMAGE REPORTED ON HEBERT ROAD
&&
KKUYPERLocal storm report, Sep 3, 2:23 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
223 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM TORNADO 5 N LEONVILLE 30.54N 91.98W
09/03/2008 ST. LANDRY LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT TORNADO ON THE GROUND
BETWEEN LEONVILLE AND PORT BARRE.
&&
JNUNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 41 min |
| Sep 2, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 11:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 20 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 2:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 2:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 3:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 3:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 3:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 3:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 16 min |
| Sep 3, 3:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 3:50 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | 8 hr | |
| Sep 3, 4:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 4:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 20 min |
| Sep 3, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 7:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 7:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 8:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 9:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 49 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 5 days |
| Sep 3, 9:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 4 days |
| Sep 3, 9:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 9:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 64 min |
| Sep 3, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia | 3 min |
| Sep 3, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia | 38 min |
| Sep 3, 10:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 10:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 12:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Saint Landry | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 37 min |
| Sep 3, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 34 min |
| Sep 3, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more | 7 hr |
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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.