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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 1, 2012Allen Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 2012, 12:28 AM CST for Allen 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: Feb 1, 2012, 12:28 AM CST (06:28 UTC)
Expired: Feb 1, 2012, 1:00 AM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Allen Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 1, 12:30 AM CST	TORNADO	4 Wnw Oberlin, LA	NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 4 MILES WNW OF OBERLIN. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 26 NEAR MUSSELWHITE RD AND CONTINUED EAST CROSSING GARCILLE RD BEFORE LIFTING. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS 3.7 MILES LONG AND DAMAGE INCLUDED SNAPPED TREES AND O

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

272 
WFUS54 KLCH 010628
TORLCH
LAC003-010700-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0016.120201T0628Z-120201T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1228 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...OBERLIN...OAKDALE...MITTIE...

* UNTIL 100 AM CST

* AT 1223 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HARMONY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALLEN
  PARISH AIRPORT AND BOND

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.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE
OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

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

LAT...LON 3082 9260 3065 9260 3053 9285 3066 9298
      3067 9298 3089 9273 3090 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 229DEG 25KT 3066 9283

$$

MM

2 follow-up statements

626 
WWUS54 KLCH 010644
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1244 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012

LAC003-010700-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120201T0700Z/
ALLEN LA-
1244 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR ALLEN
PARISH...

AT 1241 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT..MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOND
AND OAKDALE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE
OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3065 9260 3053 9285 3066 9298 3067 9298
      3089 9273 3090 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 244DEG 33KT 3069 9269

$$

MM

070 
WWUS54 KLCH 010647
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1247 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012

LAC003-010700-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120201T0700Z/
ALLEN LA-
1247 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL ALLEN PARISH...

AT 1241 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF BOND..MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED PARISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE
OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3065 9260 3065 9271 3072 9274 3078 9264
      3081 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0647Z 244DEG 33KT 3071 9265

$$

MM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 1, 12:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline	36 min
Feb 1, 1:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	34 min
Feb 1, 2:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	29 min
Feb 1, 6:53 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		3 hr
Feb 1, 7:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	12 days
Feb 1, 10:27 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		26 hr
Feb 1, 10:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Evangeline	36 hr
Feb 1, 12:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	113 min
Feb 1, 12:55 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		65 min
Feb 1, 2:12 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		2 hr
Feb 1, 2:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Saint Landry	119 min
Feb 1, 3:40 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		2 hr

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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.