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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 12:43 AM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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
- Apr 26, 2011, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Anacoco, LA | SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS TREES DOWN NEAR ANACOCO. |
| Apr 26, 1:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pitkin, LA | SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE PARISH. |
| Apr 26, 1:20 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Fort Polk, LA | FORT POLK REPORTS PEA SIZE HAIL AT THE FORT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
580
WFUS54 KLCH 260543
TORLCH
LAC115-TXC351-260630-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0013.110426T0543Z-110426T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1243 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES TOLEDO BEND DAM...
VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...ROSEPINE...LEESVILLE...FORT POLK...ANACOCO...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TOLEDO BEND
DAM...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ANACOCO BY 110 AM CDT...
LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO AND ROSEPINE BY 115 AM CDT...
FORT POLK BY 125 AM CDT...
SLAGLE BY 130 AM CDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH.
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 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3128 9292 3089 9293 3089 9364 3118 9364
3119 9363 3118 9358 3121 9355 3125 9355
3126 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 266DEG 24KT 3113 9354
$$
SHAMBURGER2 follow-up statements
039 WWUS54 KLCH 260609 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 109 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 TXC351-260617- /O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110426T0630Z/ NEWTON TX- 109 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3090 9351 3121 9351 3128 9292 3089 9293 TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 269DEG 40KT 3107 9310 $$ LAC115-260630- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110426T0630Z/ VERNON LA- 109 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR VERNON PARISH... AT 105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT POLK..MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FULLERTON BY 115 AM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RADAR INDICATES THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM IS WEAKENING AND THE TORNADO THREAT IS DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...BRIEF TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3090 9351 3121 9351 3128 9292 3089 9293 TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 269DEG 40KT 3107 9310 $$ SHAMBURGER
718 WWUS54 KLCH 260623 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 123 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 LAC115-260633- /O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110426T0630Z/ VERNON LA- 123 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VERNON PARISH WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN VERNON PARISH UNTIL 200 AM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3090 9351 3121 9351 3128 9292 3089 9293 TIME...MOT...LOC 0623Z 269DEG 40KT 3107 9289 $$ SHAMBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:08 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 41 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 44 min | |
| Apr 26, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 36 min | |
| Apr 26, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 7:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 8:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 50 min | |
| Apr 26, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 67 min | |
| Apr 26, 10:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 46 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 33 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 11:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 57 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.