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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2012Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 3:55 PM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 35 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, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2012, 4:30 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 25, 3:58 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG8 Se Alexandria, LARAPIDES 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 CSTTSTM WND DMG8 Se Alexandria, LARAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS TREES DOWN ALONG PALMER CHAPEL ROAD IN THE RUBY WISE COMMUNITY OFF OF LA 107.
Jan 25, 4:06 PM CSTTORNADO 01 Sw Kolin, LAAN 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.
Jan 25, 4:15 PM CSTFUNNEL CLOUDDeville, LALAW ENFORCEMENT RELAYED A PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR DEVILLE MOVING EASTWARD.
Jan 25, 4:19 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG7 Se Alexandria, LARAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS THE ROOF BLOWN OFF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS OF RUBY-WISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE 5200 BLOCK OF OLD MARKSVILLE HIGHWAY AND LA 107.
Jan 25, 4:30 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG2 S Deville, LARAPIDES SHERIFF REPORTS A TREE DOWN ON A GARAGE AND VEHICLE

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, 2:08 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.

072 
WFUS54 KLCH 252155
TORLCH
LAC009-079-252230-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0013.120125T2155Z-120125T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...MARKSVILLE...EFFIE...
  EASTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 350 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM BALL TO KOLIN TO LECOMPTE...MOVING EAST AT 35  
  MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RUBY...ECHO AND CENTERPOINT BY 400 PM CST...
  EFFIE AND DEVILLE BY 405 PM CST...
  BROUILLETTE AND MARKSVILLE BY 420 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 3136 9207 3134 9207
      3135 9203 3132 9200 3129 9201 3125 9199
      3105 9206 3100 9244 3130 9236 3145 9236
      3148 9223
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 262DEG 32KT 3144 9225 3131 9225
          3108 9231

$$

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, 2:56 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHRapides34 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, 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.