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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2012, 9:18 AM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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, 9:18 AM CST (15:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2012, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Vernon Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
111
WFUS54 KLCH 031518
TORLCH
LAC115-031545-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0023.120203T1518Z-120203T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
918 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES ROSEPINE...
* UNTIL 945 AM CST
* AT 914 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BURR FERRY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BURR FERRY AND EVANS BY 935 AM CST...
ROSEPINE BY 945 AM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
SMALL ROOM LIKE A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND USE PILLOWS OR BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3089 9327 3087 9357 3089 9357 3090 9355
3092 9355 3093 9352 3096 9353 3097 9355
3101 9355 3103 9351 3106 9353 3112 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 1517Z 258DEG 25KT 3095 9362
$$
ERICKSONThe 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, 5:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides | 30 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, 9:56 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.