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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 2011, 9:52 AM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 5, 2011, 9:52 AM CST (15:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2011, 10:30 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 10:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Rayne, LA | BUILDING DAMGE REPORTED BY LAFAYETTE SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORK IN RAYNE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Mar 5, 10:00 AM CST | TORNADO 2 | 2 Wsw Rayne, LA | *** 1 FATAL, 12 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. THE TORNADO WAS 300 YARDS WIDE AND PRODUCED A DAMAGE PATH 5 MILES LONG. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE NORTHWEST SECTION OF RAYNE WITH AT LEAST 35 HOMES DAMAGED ALONG WITH SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND |
| Mar 5, 10:00 AM CST | TORNADO | Rayne, LA | *** 1 FATAL, 12 INJ *** LIKELY TORNADO. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE NORTHWEST SECTION OF RAYNE. CITY OF RAYNE POLICE CONFIRM 12 INJURIES...1 FATALITY. FATALITY WAS 21 YEAR OLD FEMALE PROTECTING DAUGHTER DURING STORM WHEN TREE FELL THROUGH HOUSE. NWS STORM SURVEY HAS NOT |
| Mar 5, 10:30 AM CST | HAIL 0.25 | Washington, LA | NWS STUDENT VOLUNTEER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR WASHINGTON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 8:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 635 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
817 WFUS54 KLCH 051552 TORLCH LAC001-055-097-099-051630- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0003.110305T1552Z-110305T1630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 952 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...OPELOUSAS...LEONVILLE...ARNAUDVILLE... NORTHERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...SCOTT...LAFAYETTE...CARENCRO... NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES BREAUX BRIDGE... ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...RAYNE...CROWLEY...CHURCH POINT... * UNTIL 1030 AM CST * AT 948 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CROWLEY... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RICHARD...BRANCH...DUSON...MIRE...CANKTON...LAWTELL...WASHINGTON... SUNSET...GRAND COTEAU AND CECILIA 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3065 9204 3023 9176 3013 9244 3030 9252 TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 248DEG 26KT 3025 9237 $$ MM
1 follow-up statement
660 WWUS54 KLCH 051611 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1011 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 LAC001-055-097-099-051630- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110305T1630Z/ ST. LANDRY LA-LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-ST. MARTIN LA- 1011 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN...ACADIA...NORTHERN LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHWESTERN ST. LANDRY PARISHES... AT 1007 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIRE..MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SCOTT...CANKTON...LAWTELL...LAFAYETTE...CARENCRO...SUNSET...GRAND COTEAU...OPELOUSAS...WASHINGTON...LEONVILLE...CECILIA...BREAUX BRIDGE AND ARNAUDVILLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. && LAT...LON 3065 9204 3023 9176 3013 9244 3030 9252 TIME...MOT...LOC 1611Z 248DEG 33KT 3032 9214 $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 12:27 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 9 hr | |
| Mar 5, 3:46 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 26 hr | |
| Mar 5, 7:39 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Mar 5, 8:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 61 min |
| Mar 5, 8:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 9:11 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Mar 5, 9:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 10:17 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Mar 5, 10:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin, Vermilion | 62 min |
| Mar 5, 11:04 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 86 min | |
| Mar 5, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 11:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 52 min |
| Mar 5, 12:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.