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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2012Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 3:24 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 min. 5 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, 3:24 PM CST (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Rapides Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 25, 3:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Alexandria, LA	RAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS TREES DOWN ON MOSS POINT DRIVE AND LA HIGHWAY 1 N.
Jan 25, 3:47 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Ball, LA	RAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN THE 6100 BLOCK OF MCRAY DRIVE IN THE BALL COMMUNITY.
Jan 25, 3:58 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	8 Se Alexandria, LA	RAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS A BLOWN TRANSFORMER IN THE 700 BLOCK OF PALMER CHAPEL RD OFF OF LA 107 IN THE RUBY WISE COMMUNITY.
Jan 25, 4:06 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	8 Se Alexandria, LA	RAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS TREES DOWN ALONG PALMER CHAPEL ROAD IN THE RUBY WISE COMMUNITY OFF OF LA 107.
Jan 25, 4:06 PM CST	TORNADO 0	1 Sw Kolin, LA	AN EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG PALMER CHAPEL ROAD...BLOWING SEVERAL TREES DOWN. IT DISSIPATED NEAR THE RUBY-WISE SCHOOL ON LA HWY 107 WHERE IT DAMAGED PART OF A ROOF AT THE SCHOOL. 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.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

694 
WFUS54 KLCH 252124
TORLCH
LAC079-252200-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0012.120125T2124Z-120125T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...PINEVILLE...
  ALEXANDRIA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 318 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM TIMBER TRAILS TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA
  INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TIOGA...PARADISE...BALL AND KINGSVILLE BY 335 PM CST...
  PINEVILLE AND ALEXANDRIA BY 340 PM CST...
  ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT AND KOLIN BY 345 PM CST...
  HOLLOWAY AND POLAND BY 350 PM CST...
  RUBY BY 355 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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3147 9216 3141 9215 3139 9211 3138 9211
      3131 9214 3130 9216 3133 9220 3132 9223
      3111 9223 3110 9267 3141 9259 3147 9225
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 270DEG 29KT 3137 9247 3119 9252

$$

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, 3:30 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.