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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2012Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 2:56 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 min. 6 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, 2:56 PM CST (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2012, 3:30 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Rapides Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 25, 3:05 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG2 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.
Jan 25, 3:13 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG3 E Hineston, LARAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS A TREE DOWN ON A PATIO IN THE 8400 BLOCK OF TWIN BRIDGES RD.
Jan 25, 3:13 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG6 Sw Boyce, LARAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG VANZANT AND BATHOUSE ROADS.
Jan 25, 3:13 PM CSTTORNADO 05 Sw Boyce, LAEF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR COTILE LAKE ON VANZART AND BATH HOUSE ROADS...BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR LA HWY 1200. MANY TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR SNAPPED IN HALF. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.8 MILE AND PATH WIDTH WAS 20 YARDS.
Jan 25, 3:35 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG3 E Hineston, LARAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG HARPER RD AND HWY 112
Jan 25, 3:35 PM CSTTORNADO 02 E Hineston, LAEF0 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 25, 7:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jan 25, 2:08 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

886 
WFUS54 KLCH 252056
TORLCH
LAC079-252130-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0011.120125T2056Z-120125T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
256 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...ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HINESTON...
  BOYCE...

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 251 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDNER TO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HINESTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OTIS AND GARDNER BY 305 PM CST...
  BOYCE AND ELMER BY 310 PM CST...
  ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 325 PM CST...
  TIMBER TRAILS BY 330 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.

DO NOT USE YOUR VEHICLE TO TRY AND OUTRUN THE TORNADO. CARS AND
TRUCKS CAN BE PICKED UP OR TOSSED BY THE TORNADO.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3109 9253 3101 9282 3139 9283 3143 9268
      3140 9267 3140 9262 3144 9244
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 252DEG 26KT 3133 9276 3109 9281

$$

ERICKSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 2:38 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH5 hr
Jan 25, 2:44 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCHCameron, Saint Martin5 hr
Jan 25, 5:19 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLCHCameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin13 hr
Jan 25, 1:29 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon31 min
Jan 25, 1:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu54 min
Jan 25, 1:59 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Jan 25, 2:01 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon29 min
Jan 25, 2:28 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHRapides, Vernon32 min
Jan 25, 2:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron54 min
Jan 25, 3:06 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
Jan 25, 3:24 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHRapides36 min
Jan 25, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more60 min
Jan 25, 3:55 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides35 min
Jan 25, 4:02 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Jan 25, 4:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 7 more54 min
Jan 25, 4:38 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHCalcasieu112 min
Jan 25, 4:41 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles34 min
Jan 25, 5:00 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
Jan 25, 5:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles55 min
Jan 25, 5:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more57 min
Jan 25, 5:57 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHCameron12 min
Jan 25, 5:58 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH62 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.