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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2011, 8:01 PM CDT for Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2011, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 2029 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
941
WFUS54 KLCH 050101
TORLCH
LAC053-050130-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0017.110605T0101Z-110605T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
801 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES ELTON...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 757 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
ELTON...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HATHAWAY BY 810 PM CDT...
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.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3032 9270 3048 9277 3049 9263 3044 9259
3039 9260 3038 9262 3037 9262
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 074DEG 15KT 3042 9265
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Vermilion | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 1:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Jun 5, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.