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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 3:56 PM CDT for Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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 4, 2011, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Evangeline Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Mamou, LA | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND DOWNBURST WIND DAMAGE SOUTH AND E OF VIDRINE. 1 OUT BUILDING WAS DESTROYED ON MAYEAUXVILLE ROAD. SEVERAL TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND SPEED WAS 60 MILES AN HOUR. |
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 4, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
503 WFUS54 KLCH 042056 TORLCH LAC039-042130- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0007.110404T2056Z-110404T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 356 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF REDDELL...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... VILLE PLATTE BY 410 PM CDT... CHICOT STATE PARK BY 415 PM CDT... INDIAN LAKE BY 420 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 600 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3081 9221 3058 9220 3055 9258 3073 9258 TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 256DEG 43KT 3066 9251 $$ 27
2 follow-up statements
386 WWUS54 KLCH 042109 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 409 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 LAC039-042130- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110404T2130Z/ EVANGELINE LA- 409 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH... AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REDDELL..MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... VILLE PLATTE AND CHICOT STATE PARK BY 415 PM CDT... INDIAN LAKE BY 420 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3075 9247 3081 9221 3058 9220 3056 9249 TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 261DEG 37KT 3069 9235 $$ BRAZZELL
485 WWUS54 KLCH 042127 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 427 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 LAC039-042137- /O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110404T2130Z/ EVANGELINE LA- 427 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3075 9247 3081 9221 3058 9220 3056 9249 TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 261DEG 37KT 3072 9214 $$ BRAZZELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:56 PM CDT | Gale Watch | LCH | 14 hr | |
| Apr 3, 7:56 PM CDT | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 35 hr | |
| Apr 4, 4:16 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:59 AM CDT | Gale Warning | LCH | 13 hr | |
| Apr 4, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 3:21 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 19 hr | |
| Apr 4, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 22 min |
| Apr 4, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 46 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.