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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 9, 2012Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2012, 5:49 AM CST for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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 9, 2012, 5:49 AM CST (11:49 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2012, 6:15 AM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Beauregard Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

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

086 
WFUS54 KLCH 091149
TORLCH
LAC011-091215-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0002.120109T1149Z-120109T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
549 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES DE RIDDER...

* UNTIL 615 AM CST

* AT 543 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TULLA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE DERIDDER. 

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 3088 9302 3087 9300 3063 9336 3072 9346
      3089 9332
TIME...MOT...LOC 1147Z 223DEG 21KT 3074 9332

$$

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1 follow-up statement

116 
WWUS54 KLCH 091208
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
608 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

LAC011-091215-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120109T1215Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-
608 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH...

AT 602 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TULLA..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL APPROACH OR REMAIN JUST EAST OF THE DERIDDER AREA.

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!

&&

LAT...LON 3088 9313 3088 9308 3084 9304 3082 9308
      3069 9327 3081 9339 3089 9328 3088 9327
      3088 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 229DEG 25KT 3080 9324

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 8, 8:54 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		10 hr
Jan 8, 9:02 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin	10 hr
Jan 9, 4:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard	41 min
Jan 9, 5:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	28 min
Jan 9, 6:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	42 min
Jan 9, 12:08 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Vernon	4 hr
Jan 9, 2:04 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		56 min
Jan 9, 3:02 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Jan 9, 3:22 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu	4 hr
Jan 9, 5:02 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		88 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.