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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 2012, 1:26 AM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Evangeline Parish, Saint Landry 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
- Feb 1, 2012, 1:26 AM CST (07:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2012, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
534
WFUS54 KLCH 010726
TORLCH
LAC009-039-097-010800-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0018.120201T0726Z-120201T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
126 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES BUNKIE...
NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CST
* AT 122 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PINE
PRAIRIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAYOU
CHICOT...CHICOT STATE PARK...INDIAN LAKE AND WHITEVILLE
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 3079 9209 3074 9242 3084 9246 3097 9226
3097 9221 3099 9221 3100 9218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 248DEG 18KT 3080 9241
$$
231 follow-up statement
866
WWUS54 KLCH 010741
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
141 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012
LAC009-039-097-010800-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120201T0800Z/
ST. LANDRY LA-EVANGELINE LA-AVOYELLES LA-
141 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN AVOYELLES...NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE AND NORTHWESTERN ST.
LANDRY PARISHES...
AT 140 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAYOU CHICOT..MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHICOT
STATE PARK...INDIAN LAKE...ST. LANDRY...WHITEVILLE AND BUNKIE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE
OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3079 9209 3075 9234 3086 9239 3097 9226
3097 9221 3099 9221 3100 9218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 248DEG 18KT 3083 9232
$$
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, 12:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.