Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 14, 2009, 2:21 AM CST for Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Feb 14, 2009, 2:21 AM CST (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2009, 2:45 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Saint Landry Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 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
- 767 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KLCH 140821
TORLCH
LAC097-140845-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0002.090214T0821Z-090214T0845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
221 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...PALMETTO...MELVILLE...
* UNTIL 245 AM CST
* AT 218 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
PALMETTO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MELVILLE BY 240 AM CST...
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.
LAT...LON 3063 9174 3065 9212 3085 9212 3086 9180
3085 9179 3082 9180 3081 9177 3078 9175
3075 9175 3074 9173 3071 9173
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 269DEG 44KT 3076 9199
$$
LANDRENEAU1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KLCH 140838
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
238 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2009
LAC097-140845-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090214T0845Z/
ST. LANDRY LA-
237 AM CST SAT FEB 14 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH...
AT 232 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PALMETTO...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH.
LAT...LON 3068 9191 3085 9194 3086 9180 3085 9179
3082 9180 3081 9177 3078 9175 3075 9175
3074 9173 3071 9173 3068 9173
TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 269DEG 44KT 3076 9178
$$
LANDRENEAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 1:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 46 min |
| Feb 14, 3:10 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 50 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.