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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2009, 11:45 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 45 min. 7 reports 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
- Oct 22, 2009, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2009, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 12:00 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 5 Wsw Lake Arthur, LA | ADDITIONAL STORM SURVEYS FOUND AN EF0 TORNADO BEGAN FURTHER SOUTH THAN ORIGINALLY INDICATED. THIS TORNADO FORMED SOUTH OF POM ROY ROAD THEN MOVED NORTHWARD CROSSING HWY 14 BEFORE ENDING 5 MILES SSE OF ROANOKE. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED AL |
| Oct 22, 12:05 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 W Lake Arthur, LA | EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14 AND MOVED NORTHWARD THROUGH RURAL AREAS BEFORE ENDING 5 MILES SSE OF ROANOKE. SEVERAL POWER LINES AND POWER POLES WERE DOWNED ALONG HIGHWAY 380 AND LYONS ROAD. NUMEROUS EYEWITNESSES WATCHED AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE TORN |
| Oct 22, 12:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 W Lake Arthur, LA | KPLC WEATHER WATCHER REPORTS THAT TORNADO TOUCH DOWNED NEAR LAKE ARTHUR. SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED SHORTLY. |
| Oct 22, 12:22 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 3 Wsw Jennings, LA | *** 1 INJ *** A LARGE MULTIVORTEX TORNADO BEGAN SOUTH OF HWY 90 WEST OF JENNINGS AND MOVED NORTHWARD BEFORE ENDING ALONG HWY 395 SOUTHWEST OF ELTON. THE TORNADO WAS UP TO ONE HALF MILE WIDE EARLY IN THE PATH BEFORE NARROWING NORTH OF I-10. A TRACTOR TRAILER RI |
| Oct 22, 12:24 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Jennings, LA | NWS EMPOYEE REPORTS THAT MANY TREES AND POWER LINES ARE DOWNED ALONG HWY 90 WITH DAMAGE TO A SILO. HE IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A DAMAGE SURVEY. |
| Oct 22, 12:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | Jennings, LA | TORNADO REPORTED CROSSING I-10 NEAR JENNINGS. |
| Oct 22, 12:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Jennings, LA | TORNADO STILL ON THE GROUND ONE MILE NORTH OF INTERSTATE.CARS HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED ON THE INTERSTATE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 6 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 15 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 5:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 221645 TORLCH LAC001-023-053-113-221730- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0042.091022T1645Z-091022T1730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1145 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MERMENTAU... NORTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KLONDIKE... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...JENNINGS... NORTHWESTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT * AT 1142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KLONDIKE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KLONDIKE BY 1215 PM CDT... LAKE ARTHUR BY 1220 PM CDT... JENNINGS...MERMENTAU AND WELSH BY 1230 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3033 9282 3022 9241 2975 9273 2981 9293 TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 198DEG 24KT 2988 9280 $$ LANDRENEAU
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KLCH 221656 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1156 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009 LAC001-023-053-113-221730- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-091022T1730Z/ CAMERON LA-VERMILION LA-ACADIA LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA- 1156 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...SOUTHWESTERN ACADIA...NORTHWESTERN VERMILION AND NORTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISHES... AT 1154 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KLONDIKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KLONDIKE BY 1210 PM CDT... LAKE ARTHUR BY 1215 PM CDT... JENNINGS...MERMENTAU...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROANOKE AND 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANGELINE BY 1230 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. 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. 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 2996 9290 3033 9282 3022 9241 2990 9263 TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 203DEG 23KT 2998 9275 $$ LANDRENEAU
000 WWUS54 KLCH 221711 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1211 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2009 LAC023-221720- /O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-091022T1730Z/ CAMERON LA- 1211 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 3033 9282 3022 9241 3004 9261 3005 9288 TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 203DEG 23KT 3006 9271 $$ LAC001-053-113-221730- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-091022T1730Z/ VERMILION LA-ACADIA LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA- 1211 PM CDT THU OCT 22 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...SOUTHWESTERN ACADIA AND NORTHWESTERN VERMILION PARISHES... AT 1209 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF LAKE ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JENNINGS...MERMENTAU...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROANOKE AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANGELINE BY 1230 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. 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. 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 THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. && LAT...LON 3033 9282 3022 9241 3004 9261 3005 9288 TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 203DEG 23KT 3006 9271 $$ LANDRENEAU
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 Oct 22, 6:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 6:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
632 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 22/12Z TAF ISSUANCE...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS ARE FILLING IN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS LOW
LEVEL SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BRINGING IN
ABUNDANT GULF AND EAST PACIFIC MOISTURE. MEANWHILE...STRONG UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL HELP ENHANCE ACTIVITY DURING THE MORNING
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WHILE RAIN CHANCES DO NOT END UNTIL
SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA DURING THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.
WILL GO WITH PREVAILING SHOWERS WITH TS IN THE VICINITY FOR KBPT
TO START THE TAF FORECAST...WITH THESE CONDITIONS ARRIVING AT KLCH
BY 22/14Z...KAEX BY 22/15Z AND KLFT/KARA BY 22/16Z. MVFR CEILINGS
WITH MVFR/IFR VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVES ACROSS.
RUA
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 621 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009/
UPDATE...
UPDATED GRIDS...ZONES AND COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR TORNADO
WATCH 771 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION
CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER OUR WRN ZONES THIS MORNING. VWP
PROFILES REMAIN INDICATIVE OF DECENT LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR ROTATING STORMS AS WELL AS A FEW TORNADOES OR
WATERSPOUTS THIS MORNING.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 447 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009/
.HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT SHAPING UP FOR TODAY...
SYNOPSIS...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS THIS MORNING SHOWS
LARGE UPPER LOW CENTERED OVER WRN KS. AHEAD OF THIS LOW...A BROAD
SWATH OF DIVERGENT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW COVERED THE SRN PLAINS INTO
THE LOWER MS VALLEY. DEEP MOISTURE WAS SPREADING TOWARD THE NRN
PLAINS AND MID MS VALLEY.
AT THE SFC...LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER SRN KS NR ICT...WITH
THE COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH TOWARD OKC AND DFW EXTENDING SW
ALONG ROUGHLY THE I-35 CORRIDOR. AREA RADAR MOSAIC INDICATED A
BROAD AREA OF MODERATE RAIN ACRS MUCH OF TX INTO OK AND ARK...WITH
SCT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD LA.
DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE CNTRL PLAINS
TODAY...GRADUALLY OPENING INTO A TROUGH FRIDAY AS IT MOVES TOWARD
THE GREAT LAKES. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS DEPICT SFC LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPING ALONG THE TX COAST THIS AM...WHICH WILL TREK NE TOWARD
THE LAKES AREA OF TX BY EARLY AFTN THEN NE LA BY EARLY EVENING.
AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING WARM MOIST AIR OVER THE AREA WITH SFC DEWPOINTS INTO THE
LOWER 70S. SPC NOW INDICATING A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER
OVER THE AREA TODAY AS THIS SFC LOW PROVIDES A FOCUS FOR STORM
DEVELOPMENT. STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR WITH SREH HELICITIES BETWEEN
200 AND 300 M2/S2 WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
ROTATING STORMS AND A FEW COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE DESPITE
WEAK MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MODEST INSTABILITY. WILL ADDRESS
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER FURTHER IN THE HWO.
OVERALL...THIS EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE OF A HEAVY RAINFALL
EVENT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS IN PLACE WITH PWS BETWEEN 2.0-2.2
INCHES...ALONG WITH THE REMNANTS OF RICK BEING ENTRAINED INTO THE
MEAN SWRLY FLOW. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST...FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS
WILL ENHANCE UPPER DIFFLUENCE AND LARGE SCALE LIFT...HELPING TO
SUPPORT WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. AREA TOTALS OF
AROUND 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO
5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. AT THIS TIME...HAVE HELD OFF
ON ISSUING AN FFA AS AREA HAS HAD NEARLY A WEEK TO DRY OUT SINCE
THE LAST EVENT AND ANY FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE LOCALIZED IN
NATURE. FURTHERMORE...MOST AREA RIVERS ARE NEAR BASE FLOW AND
SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE RUNOFF.
EXPECT ALL OF THIS MESS TO COME TO AN END ONCE THE FRONT CROSSES
THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT...AND IT SHOULD BE WELL EAST OF
THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...NORTHERLY WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO USHER IN DRIER COOLER AIR WITH A PLEASANT WEEKEND ON
TAP. A SLT CHC FOR RAIN RETURNS ON MONDAY AS A DISTURBANCE PASSES
THE AREA...WITH A STRONGER FRONT EXPECTED TOWARD THE LATTER PART
OF NEXT WEEK.
MARINE...
MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND INCREASING SEAS AND
WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE NORTHWEST GULF.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OFFSHORE.
THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE GULF WATERS ON TONIGHT...WITH
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AND THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL
LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH SUNDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 77 60 70 51 74 / 100 40 10 0 0
KBPT 78 58 69 49 73 / 100 20 10 0 0
KAEX 77 56 66 44 72 / 100 50 10 0 0
KLFT 80 62 70 51 72 / 100 60 10 0 0
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...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...SABINE LAKE...VERMILION BAY...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.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 22, 5:15 AM CDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 515 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055- TXZ180>182-201-215-216-231015- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- 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- 515 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009 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 WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ROTATING STORMS TO DEVELOP AND A FEW COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS FROM ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. OF GREATER CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. GULF MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM RICK ALLOWING FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED HOWEVER. MOST OF THE FLOOD AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE CONFINED TO AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE MONDAY AS A WEAK DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE AREA...OTHERWISE...MOSTLY DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS THIS TIME. 24
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 22, 9:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
923 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 AM FLASH FLOOD BEAUMONT 30.09N 94.14W
10/22/2009 JEFFERSON TX BROADCAST MEDIA
KBMT REPORTS 3 CARS FLOODED UP TO THE WINDOWS OF CAR
DOORS ON EAST TEX FREEWAY AND LUCAS ST.
&&
DJONESLocal storm report, Oct 22, 10:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1034 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1031 AM WATER SPOUT 2 S GRAND CHENIER 29.74N 92.97W
10/22/2009 CAMERON LA PUBLIC
RIG TWO MILES OFF THE COAST OF GRAND CHENIER REPORTED
SIGHTING OF TWO WATERSPOUTS.
&&
DJONESLocal storm report, Oct 22, 10:47 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1047 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 AM TORNADO GRAND CHENIER 29.77N 92.97W
10/22/2009 CAMERON LA LAW ENFORCEMENT
CAMERON PARISH SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
NEAR GRAND CHENIR.
1040 AM FLASH FLOOD LAKE CHARLES 30.21N 93.20W
10/22/2009 CALCASIEU LA TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM SPOTTER REPORTS FLOODING ALONG GRANGER AND RYAN
STREETS.
&&
DJONESLocal storm report, Oct 22, 11:02 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1102 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1057 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 ENE FANNETT 29.96N 94.17W
10/22/2009 E4.29 INCH JEFFERSON TX MESONET
HEAVY RAINS OF 4.29 INCHES FELL IN ABOUT 3 HOURS REPORTED
BY DD6 MESONET
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Oct 22, 11:12 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1112 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1057 AM HAIL 7 ENE GRAND LAKE 30.08N 93.17W
10/22/2009 E0.50 INCH CALCASIEU LA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BRAZZELLLocal storm report, Oct 22, 11:39 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1139 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2009
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..REMARKS..
1057 AM FLASH FLOOD 10 W WOODVILLE 30.75N 94.59W
10/22/2009 TYLER TX DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TXDOT REPORTS FM 1745 IS FLOODED NEAR THE TYLER/POLK
COUNTY LINE.
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BRAZZELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 9:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 9:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Oct 22, 10:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 26 min |
| Oct 22, 10:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 34 min |
| Oct 22, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 11 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 30 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 48 min |
| Oct 22, 10:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 27 min |
| Oct 22, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 37 min |
| Oct 22, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 45 min |
| Oct 22, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 35 min |
| Oct 22, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 93 min | |
| Oct 22, 12:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 61 min |
| Oct 22, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Oct 22, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 54 min |
| Oct 22, 1:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 66 min |
| Oct 22, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 32 min |
| Oct 22, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 48 min |
| Oct 22, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 117 min | |
| Oct 22, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 23 min |
| Oct 22, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary and 1 more | 64 min |
| Oct 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more | 64 min |
| Oct 22, 2:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 7 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 25 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 114 min | |
| Oct 22, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 41 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.