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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2011, 12:55 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 19 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
- Sep 3, 2011, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2011, 1:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 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), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 9:41 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
618 WFUS54 KLCH 031755 TORLCH LAC001-023-053-113-031830- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0019.110903T1755Z-110903T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1255 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES MERMENTAU... NORTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES KLONDIKE... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...LAKE ARTHUR...JENNINGS... NORTHWESTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES GUEYDAN... * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * AT 1253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WRIGHT... MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GUEYDAN BY 105 PM CDT... RICEVILLE AND MORSE BY 110 PM CDT... KLONDIKE...LAKE ARTHUR AND MERMENTAU BY 130 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 2998 9274 3019 9266 3005 9229 2989 9236 TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 110DEG 17KT 3000 9243 $$
2 follow-up statements
248 WWUS54 KLCH 031804 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 104 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 LAC001-023-053-113-031830- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110903T1830Z/ ACADIA LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-VERMILION LA-CAMERON LA- 104 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CAMERON...NORTHWESTERN VERMILION...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS AND SOUTHWESTERN ACADIA PARISHES... AT 102 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GUEYDAN..MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KLONDIKE AND MERMENTAU BY 125 PM CDT... LAKE ARTHUR BY 130 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. && LAT...LON 3008 9241 2993 9246 2998 9274 3019 9266 TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 110DEG 17KT 3003 9251 $$
737 WWUS54 KLCH 031814 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 114 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 LAC001-023-053-113-031823- /O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110903T1830Z/ ACADIA LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-VERMILION LA-CAMERON LA- 114 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CAMERON...NORTHWESTERN VERMILION...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS AND SOUTHWESTERN ACADIA PARISHES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 AND 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TO THE WEST NORTHWEST. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. LAT...LON 3008 9241 2993 9246 2998 9274 3019 9266 TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 110DEG 17KT 3004 9255 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 3:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 23 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 26 min |
| Sep 3, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 6:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.