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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2009, 10:29 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2009, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 10:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Moss Bluff, LA | TREE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 171 1/2 MILE NORTH OF GILLIS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 260329 TORLCH LAC019-053-260400- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0004.090326T0329Z-090326T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1029 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOSS BLUFF...GILLIS...IOWA... WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GILLIS...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOSS BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MOSS BLUFF AND GILLIS BY 1035 PM CDT... IOWA BY 1100 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. && LAT...LON 3033 9292 3016 9300 3031 9336 3040 9330 TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 292DEG 27KT 3034 9326 $$ SHAMBURGER
The 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, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 49 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 |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.