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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2012, 5:45 AM CST for Allen Parish, Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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 3, 2012, 5:45 AM CST (11:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2012, 6:15 AM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
802 WFUS54 KLCH 031145 TORLCH LAC003-039-079-031215- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0021.120203T1145Z-120203T1215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 545 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... SOUTH CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES OAKDALE... * UNTIL 615 AM CST * AT 542 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OAKDALE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED PARISHES. 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 3100 9266 3088 9248 3077 9265 3081 9274 TIME...MOT...LOC 1144Z 217DEG 13KT 3082 9267 $$ 23
2 follow-up statements
667
WWUS54 KLCH 031207
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
607 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
LAC003-031217-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120203T1215Z/
ALLEN LA-
607 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISH IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3097 9262 3088 9248 3083 9258 3085 9260
3090 9260 3090 9264
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 229DEG 15KT 3090 9256
$$
LAC039-079-031215-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120203T1215Z/
RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-
607 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE AND SOUTH CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISHES...
AT 605 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE
PARISH..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED PARISHES.
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 3097 9262 3088 9248 3083 9258 3085 9260
3090 9260 3090 9264
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 229DEG 15KT 3090 9256
$$
MM640
WWUS54 KLCH 031218
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
618 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
LAC039-079-031227-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120203T1215Z/
RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-
618 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EVANGELINE AND SOUTH CENTRAL
RAPIDES PARISHES HAS EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3097 9262 3088 9248 3083 9258 3085 9260
3090 9260 3090 9264
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 229DEG 15KT 3090 9256
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:40 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Cameron | 11 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 31 min |
| Feb 3, 7:35 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 115 min |
| Feb 3, 8:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 2 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 27 min |
| Feb 3, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 10 days |
| Feb 3, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 8 days |
| Feb 3, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 7 days |
| Feb 3, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 12 days |
| Feb 3, 10:17 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 6 days |
| Feb 3, 10:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 22 min |
| Feb 3, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 2:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 6 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.