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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 20128 parishes in Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 25, 2012, 3:30 PM CST for 8 parishes in Louisiana; Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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: Jan 25, 2012, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2012, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 25, 3:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Hineston, LA	RAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG HARPER RD AND HWY 112
Jan 25, 3:35 PM CST	TORNADO 0	2 E Hineston, LA	EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HARPER ROAD...BEFORE CROSSING LA HWY 112 AND DISSIPATING ALONG TWIN BRIDGES ROAD. SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR SNAPPED IN HALF...AND ONE DAMAGED A PATIO. PATH LENGTH WAS 1.5 MILES AND PATH WIDTH WAS 20 YARDS.
Jan 25, 4:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Moss Bluff, LA	PUBLIC REPORTS TREES DOWN, TIN PULLED OFF A CARPORT AS WELL AS VINYL SIDING PULLED OFF A HOUSE ALONG NORTH PERKINS AND FERRY ROADS IN MOSS BLUFF.

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
Jan 25, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 14 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

369 
WUUS54 KLCH 252130
SVRLCH
LAC003-011-019-023-039-053-079-115-TXC351-361-252230-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0008.120125T2130Z-120125T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
330 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES TURKEY CREEK...
  SOUTHERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...HINESTON...GLENMORA...CHENEYVILLE...
  SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES DEWEYVILLE...
  EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES...WEST ORANGE...ORANGE...MAURICEVILLE...BRIDGE
  CITY...
  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...REEVES...OBERLIN...OAKDALE...MITTIE...KINDER...
  ELIZABETH...
  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...SUGARTOWN...SINGER...RAGLEY...FIELDS...DRY CREEK...
  DE RIDDER...
  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...WESTLAKE...
  VINTON...SULPHUR...STARKS...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES...IOWA...
  HAYES...DE QUINCY...
  WESTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE...SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
  REFUGE...LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...GRAND LAKE...
  WESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...WELSH...FENTON...
  SOUTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...ROSEPINE...PITKIN...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 327 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HINESTON TO 20
  MILES SOUTH OF BRIDGE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GLENMORA...OAKDALE...REEVES...SULPHUR BY 345 PM CST...
  HACKBERRY...WESTLAKE...MOSS BLUFF BY 400 PM CST...
  TURKEY CREEK...OBERLIN...KINDER...LAKE CHARLES BY 415 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY INDOORS...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY.

&&

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.

LAT...LON 3113 9223 3109 9223 3079 9239 3043 9271
      2972 9300 2977 9326 2975 9335 2976 9351
      2974 9367 2969 9384 2980 9391 2984 9381
      2997 9377 2996 9385 3000 9392 3049 9383
      3117 9291
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 270DEG 37KT 3108 9263 3046 9342
          2974 9382

$$

ERICKSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 2:38 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		5 hr
Jan 25, 2:44 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Saint Martin	5 hr
Jan 25, 5:19 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin	13 hr
Jan 25, 1:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	31 min
Jan 25, 1:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	54 min
Jan 25, 1:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Jan 25, 2:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	29 min
Jan 25, 2:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	32 min
Jan 25, 2:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron	54 min
Jan 25, 2:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	34 min
Jan 25, 3:06 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		54 min
Jan 25, 3:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	36 min
Jan 25, 3:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	35 min
Jan 25, 4:02 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Jan 25, 4:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 7 more	54 min
Jan 25, 4:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu	112 min
Jan 25, 4:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	34 min
Jan 25, 5:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Jan 25, 5:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	55 min
Jan 25, 5:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more	57 min
Jan 25, 5:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron	12 min
Jan 25, 5:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
Jan 25, 10:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	57 min
Jan 25, 11:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	59 min
Jan 25, 12:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	25 min
Jan 25, 12:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	31 min
Jan 25, 12:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	31 min
Jan 25, 2:18 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	117 min
Jan 25, 3:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.