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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 4, 2012Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 4, 2012, 8:20 AM CST for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 25 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 4, 2012, 8:20 AM CST (14:20 UTC)
Expired: Feb 4, 2012, 8:45 AM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 1276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

154 
WFUS54 KLCH 041420
TORLCH
LAC003-011-041445-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0026.120204T1420Z-120204T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
820 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES MITTIE...
  NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES SUGARTOWN...

* UNTIL 845 AM CST

* AT 815 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  SUGARTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SUGARTOWN BY 835 AM CST...
  GRANT AND MITTIE BY 845 AM CST...

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.

&&

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.

LAT...LON 3088 9303 3088 9289 3068 9284 3071 9325
      3088 9324 3089 9317 3088 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 272DEG 25KT 3079 9314

$$

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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
Feb 3, 8:06 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	12 hr
Feb 3, 9:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	57 min
Feb 3, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	64 min
Feb 3, 10:28 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	4 hr
Feb 4, 1:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Rapides	85 min
Feb 4, 2:38 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		9 hr
Feb 4, 3:58 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more	14 hr
Feb 4, 7:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	53 min
Feb 4, 7:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	54 min
Feb 4, 7:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	64 min
Feb 4, 8:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Rapides	66 min
Feb 4, 8:55 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	12 hr
Feb 4, 9:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry	54 min
Feb 4, 9:47 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	3 hr
Feb 4, 9:59 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu	3 hr
Feb 4, 10:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	3 days
Feb 4, 10:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	5 days
Feb 4, 10:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry	63 min
Feb 4, 11:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	29 min
Feb 4, 11:25 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		65 min
Feb 4, 11:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Saint Landry	10 hr
Feb 4, 4:08 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		37 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.