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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 2012, 12:54 AM CST for Allen Parish, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 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, 12:54 AM CST (06:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2012, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 1:11 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Beaver, LA | TREES REPORTED DOWN. |
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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
987 WFUS54 KLCH 010654 TORLCH LAC003-039-010730- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0017.120201T0654Z-120201T0730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1254 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... EAST CENTRAL ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 130 AM CST * AT 1253 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BOND... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEAVER AND PINE PRAIRIE 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 3093 9246 3069 9233 3064 9267 3073 9271 TIME...MOT...LOC 0654Z 244DEG 31KT 3071 9261 $$ 23
2 follow-up statements
853
WWUS54 KLCH 010705
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
105 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012
LAC003-010715-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120201T0730Z/
ALLEN LA-
105 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ALLEN PARISH IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3071 9234 3068 9256 3076 9260 3088 9243
3076 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 244DEG 31KT 3075 9251
$$
LAC039-010730-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120201T0730Z/
EVANGELINE LA-
105 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
EVANGELINE PARISH...
AT 1259 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE
PRAIRIE..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 3071 9234 3068 9256 3076 9260 3088 9243
3076 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 244DEG 31KT 3075 9251
$$
MM540
WWUS54 KLCH 010717
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
117 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012
LAC039-010730-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120201T0730Z/
EVANGELINE LA-
117 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
EVANGELINE PARISH...
AT 113 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINE PRAIRIE..MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED PARISH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE
OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3071 9234 3073 9249 3080 9252 3088 9243
3076 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 244DEG 31KT 3079 9243
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 12:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 32 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.