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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2009, 7:37 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 23 min. 10 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
- Dec 24, 2009, 7:37 AM CST (13:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2009, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 7:40 AM CST | TORNADO 0 | 4 W Branch, LA | TORNADO THAT TOUCHED DOWN IN ATWOOD ACRES LIFTED IN THE AIR...AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ALONG HWY 365/1109 INT. A SMALL OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED...AND SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. PATH LENGTH 3 MI. MAX WIDTH 25 YDS. ON GROUND 2 MIN. |
| Dec 24, 7:46 AM CST | TORNADO 0 | 3 Sw Richard, LA | THE SAME STORM THAT SPAWNED THE ATWOOD ACRES TORNADO AND THE TORNADO NEAR THE JUDD COMMUNITY PRODUCED THIS TORNADO WHICH TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF COLE GULLY ROAD AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 367 AND MOVED NORTHEAST BEFORE ENDING ABOUT 1 MILE WSW OF RICHARD. SEVERAL TREES |
| Dec 24, 7:46 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | Richard, LA | ATWOOD ACRES TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN A THIRD TIME...ALONG HWY 367/1106 INT...AND MOVED NORTH THROUGH PART OF RICHARD...DAMAGING CHURCH ON HWY 370...AND HOME ACROSS THE STREET. MANY TREES AND A COUPLE OF POWER POLES DOWNED. PATH LENGTH 5 MI. MAX WIDTH 25 YDS. ON G |
| Dec 24, 7:48 AM CST | TORNADO | 6 N Crowley, LA | PAIR OF TORNADOES REPORTED HEADING NORTH ON HWY 13 BETWEEN EUNICE AND CROWLEY |
| Dec 24, 7:50 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | W Richard, LA | NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND DAMAGED TREES ALONG RICHARD SCHOOL ROAD ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST OF CHARLENE HIGHWAY LIKELY FROM RFD ASSOCIATED WITH RICHARD TORNADO. |
| Dec 24, 7:50 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | 1 Wnw Richard, LA | A FOURTH TORNADO FROM THE ATWOOD ACRES SUPERCELL TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF ST. THERESA DRIVE AND MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH RICHARD BEFORE ENDING NEAR BRITANY HWY. A CHURCH AND A HOME WERE DAMAGED ON HWY 370 WITH NUMEROUS TREES AND A COUPLE OF POWER POLES BLOWN D |
| Dec 24, 7:52 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Richard, LA | NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND A NEARLY HALF MILE WIDE SWATH OF WIND DAMAGE ALONG ST. HENRY ROAD NORTH OF RICHARD. TWO MOBILE HOMES SUFFERED SKIRTING AND AWNING DAMAGE WHILE ONE HOME HAD SHINGLE DAMAGE. SEVERAL FENCES WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN. DAMAGE IN THE AREA WAS IN A |
| Dec 24, 7:53 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Richard, LA | NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND FENCES AND TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN AROUND ONE HOME ALONG HIGHWAY 95 IN THE PRUDHOMME COMMUNITY. |
| Dec 24, 7:53 AM CST | TORNADO 0 | 4 N Richard, LA | AN EF0 TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF THE PRUDHOMME COMMUNITY AND MOVED NNE INTO ST LANDRY PARISH BEFORE ENDING JUST NORTH OF HWY 190 ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF SAVOY. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HWY 358 AND WAYNE RD. ONE BARN WAS DAMAGE |
| Dec 24, 7:58 AM CST | TORNADO 0 | 4 S Chataignier, LA | AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE OLD RACETRACK 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF SAVOY AND MOVED NORTHWARD CROSSING INTO SOUTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH BEFORE DISSIPATING 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATAIGNIER. AN OUTBUILDING WAS DAMAGED SOUTH OF LINZAY ROAD WITH DEBRIS CARRI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 4:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 241337 TORLCH LAC001-097-241400- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0049.091224T1337Z-091224T1400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 737 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... CENTRAL ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EUNICE... * UNTIL 800 AM CST * AT 734 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTH OF EUNICE...OR NEAR MAXIE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EUNICE BY 800 AM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...WHETHER IT IS TIED DOWN OR NOT... EVACUATE IT AND FIND A MORE STURDY SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES CAN BE PICKED UP OR TOSSED BY THE TORNADO. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3053 9245 3053 9217 3026 9230 3026 9247 TIME...MOT...LOC 1336Z 188DEG 22KT 3029 9239 $$ ERICKSON
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KLCH 241349 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 749 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 LAC001-097-241400- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-091224T1400Z/ ST. LANDRY LA-ACADIA LA- 749 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL ACADIA AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISHES... AT 748 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHARD...OR 7 MILES EAST OF IOTA...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RICHARD AND EUNICE BY 800 AM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3053 9245 3053 9223 3040 9230 3039 9242 TIME...MOT...LOC 1348Z 188DEG 22KT 3036 9238 $$ ERICKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 4:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Dec 24, 6:18 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| Dec 24, 7:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 90 min | |
| Dec 24, 7:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 25 min |
| Dec 24, 7:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 7:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 8:02 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 118 min | |
| Dec 24, 8:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 23 min |
| Dec 24, 8:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Vermilion | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 8:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 26 min |
| Dec 24, 8:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 36 min |
| Dec 24, 8:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 34 min |
| Dec 24, 9:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary | 27 min |
| Dec 24, 9:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 28 min |
| Dec 24, 9:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 33 min |
| Dec 24, 10:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Dec 24, 10:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 34 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:52 AM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 19 hr |
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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.