Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2009, 9:35 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 25, 2009, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 3131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 260235 TORLCH LAC011-019-TXC351-260300- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0003.090326T0235Z-090326T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 935 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FIELDS... NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DE QUINCY... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF FIELDS...OR 11 MILES EAST OF BUNA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FIELDS BY 955 PM CDT... DE QUINCY BY 1000 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. && LAT...LON 3054 9342 3031 9348 3040 9389 3058 9387 TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 280DEG 28KT 3047 9378 $$ SHAMBURGER
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KLCH 260250
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
950 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009
TXC351-260259-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090326T0300Z/
NEWTON TX-
950 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3037 9374 3044 9369 3056 9369 3054 9342
3031 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 280DEG 28KT 3045 9364
$$
LAC011-019-260300-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090326T0300Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-
950 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU AND SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISHES...
AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FIELDS...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FIELDS BY 955 PM CDT...
DE QUINCY BY 1000 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 60 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 3037 9374 3044 9369 3056 9369 3054 9342
3031 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 280DEG 28KT 3045 9364
$$
SHAMBURGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 24 min | |
| Mar 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 35 min | |
| Mar 25, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 45 min | |
| Mar 25, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Martin and 1 more | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 59 min |
| Mar 26, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 67 min | |
| Mar 26, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 44 min | |
| Mar 26, 9:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 13 days |
| Mar 26, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 61 min |
| Mar 26, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Mar 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 61 min |
| Mar 26, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 63 min |
| Mar 26, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 63 min | |
| Mar 26, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 63 min |
| Mar 25, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.