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Tornado Warning 94, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 12, 2008, 7:32 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 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 12, 2008, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA
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 12, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KLCH 130032
TORLCH
LAC009-039-079-130100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0094.080913T0032Z-080913T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
732 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...MOREAUVILLE...MARKSVILLE...EFFIE...BUNKIE...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
EASTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...PINEVILLE...CHENEYVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CHENEYVILLE TO COTTONPORT...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CHENEYVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOREAUVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 32 MPH.
* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MANSURA BY 740 PM CDT...
MARKSVILLE BY 750 PM CDT...
EFFIE...PINEVILLE AND 6 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDRIA BY 800 PM CDT...
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 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3128 9205 3086 9193 3098 9241 3131 9249
3134 9244
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 166DEG 28KT 3108 9230 3098 9205
$$
06What 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 12, 4:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 4:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
430 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
.DISCUSSION...AS HAS BEEN THE CASE SINCE HE ENTERED THE GULF OF
MEXICO...IKE HAS REMAINED UNABLE TO DEVELOP A SOLID INNER CORE.
BURSTS OF CONVECTION...AT TIMES QUITE INTENSE...HAVE CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP ON PRIMARILY THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN QUADRANTS...THEN
ROTATE AROUND THE LARGE CIRCULATION...WEAKENING ON THE WESTERN
FLANK. RADAR VELOCITIES IN THESE OUTER BANDS RANGE FROM 90 TO 100
KT AT GREATER THAN 5 KFT. FIRST SIGNIFICANT RAIN BANDS NOW ONSHORE
THE LOUISIANA AND TEXAS COASTLINES.
IN SHORT...THE WORST IS YET TO COME.
NO MAJOR TRACK/INTENSITY/WIND FIELD CHANGES ON THE LATEST NHC
ADVISORY...SO NO CHANGES WERE REQUIRED TO THE HAZARD OR WIND
GRIDS.
THE AMOUNT OF WATER PILING ON THE COAST IN BASICALLY AN EAST
NORTHEAST FLOW HAS BEEN STAGGERING. 9 FEET AT CALCASIEU PASS SOUTH
OF CAMERON THAT HAS ONLY LEVELED OFF RECENTLY AS WE APPROACH
ASTRONOMICAL LOW TIDE. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT THAT VALUE WILL
CLIMB TO ONCE THE HURRICANE FORCE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH WINDS
COMMENCE...WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WILL COINCIDE WITH THE HIGH TIDE
LATER THIS EVENING.
AFTER IKE...MODELS ARE STILL IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT IN BRINGING A
FRONT...THE ONE THAT PICKS UP IKE...THROUGH THE AREA EARLY MONDAY.
THIS COULD RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL 2 PLUS INCHES OF AREAWIDE
RAINFALL...WHICH WOULD OBVIOUSLY EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING BROUGHT
ABOUT BY IKE. ON THE PLUS SIDE...THE FRONT WILL BRING IN COOLER
AND DRIER CONDITIONS.
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
&&
.AVIATION...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE ALREADY IMPACTING
THE 1-10 CORRIDOR TERMINALS. KAEX NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE...AND
WILL BE THERE SHORTLY. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE.
&&
.MARINE...RECENT GUST OF 75 MPH REPORTED BY MRSL1...MARSH ISLAND.
ANOTHER REPORT CAME IN FROM A PLATFORM 30 SE OF SABINE PASS WITH A
102 MPH WIND GUST. WAVE HEIGHTS CURRENTLY RUNNING AROUND 16-17
FEET WITHIN THE 20 NM ZONES...AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHATS GOING
ON BEYOND THERE.
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR
LAZ027>029-031>033-042>045-055.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR LAZ027>033-041>045-
051>055.
HURRICANE WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR LAZ030-041.
HURRICANE WARNING FOR LAZ051>054.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR TXZ180>182-201-215-
216.
HURRICANE WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR TXZ180>182-
201-216.
HURRICANE WARNING FOR TXZ215.
GM...HURRICANE WARNING FOR GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475.
&&
PUBLIC/MARINE...13
AVIATION...23Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 6:09 AM CDT, 13 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 609 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182- 201-215-216-131115- 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- 609 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 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 IKE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR GALVESTON TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA BY THIS AFTERNOON. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS OF 75 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DERIDDER TO LAKE CHARLES TO GRAND CHENIER LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. MAJOR STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL BE SIGNIFICANT TO DEVASTATING IN MANY AREAS...WITH A 20 TO 25 FOOT STORM SURGE EXPECTED ALONG THE JEFFERSON COUNTY COAST AND AROUND SABINE LAKE...AND SLIGHTLY LESSER VALUES ALONG THE CAMERON PARISH COAST AND AROUND VERMILION BAY. TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL AREAS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. INLAND FLOODING WILL ALSO BE LIKELY WHERE ANY PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS SET UP ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HURRICANE IKE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AWAY FROM THE REGION ON SATURDAY...WITH RAIN CHANCES DIMINISHING FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY INTO TOMORROW. SHAMBURGER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 12, 5:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
519 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM TORNADO 3 SE SLAGLE 31.17N 93.09W
09/12/2008 VERNON LA TRAINED SPOTTER
HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR SLAGLE.
&&
SHAMBURGERLocal storm report, Sep 12, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
520 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0506 PM TORNADO 4 SW LACAMP 31.13N 92.97W
09/12/2008 VERNON LA AMATEUR RADIO
POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Sep 12, 5:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
537 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM TORNADO MAMOU 30.63N 92.42W
09/12/2008 EVANGELINE LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 INJ *** LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO IN MAMOU
NEAR FRED ST AND HWY 95 WITH DAMAGE TO 10-15 HOMES.
SEARCH AND RESCUE CONTINUES. MOBILE FLIPPED AND ROLLED
ONTO HWY 95.
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Sep 12, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
541 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0539 PM STORM SURGE 5 SSW JEANERETTE 29.85N 91.71W
09/12/2008 U0.00 FT IBERIA LA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
LA 83 AT IBERIA/ST. MARY PARISH LINE HAS A LANE BLOCKED
DUE TO HIGH WATER SOUTH OF LYDIA.
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Sep 12, 6:41 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
641 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0624 PM HURRICANE 6 S LAKE CHARLES 30.12N 93.20W
09/12/2008 CALCASIEU LA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
WIND GUST TO 50 MPH MEASURED AT LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL
AIRPORT.
&&
SHAMBURGERLocal storm report, Sep 12, 7:06 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
706 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0704 PM HURRICANE CAMERON 29.80N 93.30W
09/12/2008 CAMERON LA OTHER FEDERAL
WINDS 52 MPH GUSTING TO 64 MPH AT THE NOS STATION IN
CAMERON
&&
BRAZZELLThe 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, 7:46 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, 11:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 31 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.