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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2012Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 4:41 PM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 25, 2012, 4:41 PM CST (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2012, 5:15 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Avoyelles Parish, LA

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

613 
WFUS54 KLCH 252241
TORLCH
LAC009-252315-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0014.120125T2241Z-120125T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...SIMMESPORT...MOREAUVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...
  BORDELONVILLE...

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 430 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE OPHELIA NATIONAL
  WILDLIFE REFUGE TO BORDELONVILLE TO BUNKIE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BIG BEND BY 455 PM CST...
  SIMMESPORT BY 500 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY
TIME. TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3132 9200 3129 9201 3123 9199 3125 9194
      3128 9195 3130 9191 3123 9179 3120 9168
      3117 9168 3114 9171 3106 9171 3098 9180
      3091 9180 3091 9221 3133 9207 3135 9203
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 269DEG 39KT 3139 9166 3117 9178
          3099 9202

$$

K. KUYPER

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, 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.