Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 2011, 9:08 AM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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
- Feb 1, 2011, 9:08 AM CST (15:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2011, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 9:19 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 0 | Longville, LA | WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH IN THE LONGVILLE AREA |
| Feb 1, 9:19 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Longville, L | WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH IN THE LONGVILLE AREA |
| Feb 1, 9:19 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Longville, LA | WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH IN THE LONGVILLE AREA |
| Feb 1, 9:24 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Longville, LA | POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN THE LONGVILLE AREA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 8:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 672 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 478 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
525 WFUS54 KLCH 011508 TORLCH LAC003-011-019-053-011545- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0001.110201T1508Z-110201T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 908 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES REEVES... SOUTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...RAGLEY...DRY CREEK...LONGVILLE... NORTHERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...MOSS BLUFF...DE QUINCY... NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES FENTON... * UNTIL 945 AM CST * AT 903 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF BUHLER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MOSS BLUFF BY 920 AM CST... GILLIS...RAGLEY AND LONGVILLE BY 925 AM CST... TOPSY BY 930 AM CST... BULLER AND REEVES BY 935 AM CST... LEBLANC...FENTON AND DRY CREEK BY 940 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3070 9301 3035 9285 3025 9352 3047 9358 TIME...MOT...LOC 1508Z 255DEG 47KT 3034 9343 $$ 05
2 follow-up statements
536 WWUS54 KLCH 011523 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 923 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 LAC003-011-019-053-011545- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110201T1545Z/ ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-CALCASIEU LA- 923 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL CALCASIEU...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...SOUTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD AND SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN PARISHES... AT 917 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUHLER...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEQUINCY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TOPSY BY 935 AM CST... BULLER...FENTON AND REEVES BY 940 AM CST... LEBLANC BY 945 AM CST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. && LAT...LON 3027 9341 3054 9340 3070 9301 3035 9285 TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 255DEG 47KT 3035 9327 $$ 05
415 WWUS54 KLCH 011540 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 940 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 LAC003-011-019-053-011549- /O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110201T1545Z/ ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-CALCASIEU LA- 940 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CALCASIEU...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...SOUTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD AND SOUTHWESTERN ALLEN PARISHES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 AM CST... ROTATION WITH THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED AND THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 3027 9341 3054 9340 3070 9301 3035 9285 TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 257DEG 39KT 3040 9307 $$ 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 11:46 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Jan 31, 11:50 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Feb 1, 2:49 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 11 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:49 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:55 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 3 days | |
| Feb 1, 7:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 87 min | |
| Feb 1, 8:15 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 1, 8:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 1 more | 77 min |
| Feb 1, 9:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 96 min | |
| Feb 1, 9:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 4 more | 92 min |
| Feb 1, 10:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 31 min |
| Feb 1, 10:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 50 min |
| Feb 1, 10:44 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 91 min | |
| Feb 1, 11:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 2 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 28 min |
| Feb 1, 12:08 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Feb 1, 1:52 PM CST | Freeze Warning | LCH | Saint Martin | 8 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.