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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2012Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 2:28 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 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: Jan 25, 2012, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 25, 3:05 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Hineston, LA	* 1 INJ * RAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS AN INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH A A TREE FALLING ON A VEHICLE ON HWY 112 AND L. WARREN RD.

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, 7:56 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jan 25, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

354 
WFUS54 KLCH 252028
TORLCH
LAC079-115-252100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0010.120125T2028Z-120125T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
228 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...HINESTON...BOYCE...
  EASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...SLAGLE...PITKIN...

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 223 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM HUTTON TO FORT POLK CRAVENS...MOVING EAST AT   
  40 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FULLERTON AND PITKIN BY 235 PM CST...
  FLATWOODS...CLIFTON AND LACAMP BY 240 PM CST...
  SIEPER AND LEANDER BY 245 PM CST...
  HINESTON BY 250 PM CST...
  BOYCE AND OTIS BY 255 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
SMALL ROOM LIKE A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND USE PILLOWS OR BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...WHETHER IT IS TIED DOWN OR NOT...
EVACUATE IT AND FIND A MORE STURDY SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES CAN BE
PICKED UP OR TOSSED BY THE TORNADO.

IN SCHOOLS...HOSPITALS...AND SHOPPING CENTERS...MOVE TO PRE-
DESIGNATED SHELTER AREAS. INTERIOR HALLWAYS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR ARE
THE BEST. STAY OUT OF AUDITORIUMS AND GYMNASIUMS...AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORWAYS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3140 9263 3107 9273 3090 9271 3089 9315
      3107 9318 3137 9309 3135 9295 3137 9294
      3137 9292 3140 9291 3141 9288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 272DEG 35KT 3132 9299 3107 9306
          3089 9304

$$

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, 2:36 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, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more	60 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

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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.