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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2012, 8:37 AM CST for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 23 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2012, 8:37 AM CST (14:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 8:53 AM CST | TORNADO 0 | 1 Sw Klondike, LA | A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 14 AND 717 NEAR KLONDIKE...RIPPED PART OF A METAL ROOF OFF A BARN...SNAPPED A COUPLE OF TELEPHONE POLES AND TREES. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 2.5 MILES AND WAS 20 YARDS WIDE. IT MOVED INTO VERMILION PARISH ALON |
| Feb 18, 9:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Jennings, LA | A TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE ON SHANNON DRIVE AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. |
| Feb 18, 9:10 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lyons Point, LA | POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 4:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 635 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
562
WFUS54 KLCH 181437
TORLCH
LAC001-023-053-113-181500-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0028.120218T1437Z-120218T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
837 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...MERMENTAU...CROWLEY...
NORTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES KLONDIKE...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...LAKE ARTHUR...JENNINGS...
NORTHWESTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 900 AM CST
* AT 832 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
LOWRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
JENNINGS AND KLONDIKE BY 845 AM CST...
MERMENTAU...EVANGELINE...MORSE AND RICEVILLE BY 850 AM CST...
EGAN...CROWLEY AND LYONS POINT BY 855 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3007 9295 3009 9292 3008 9290 3011 9290
3037 9255 3012 9225 2992 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 235DEG 71KT 3005 9280
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 5:08 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 37 min |
| Feb 18, 5:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 27 min |
| Feb 18, 6:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 6:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 66 min |
| Feb 18, 7:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron | 61 min |
| Feb 18, 7:21 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 84 min |
| Feb 18, 7:23 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 67 min | |
| Feb 18, 7:27 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 93 min |
| Feb 18, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 62 min |
| Feb 18, 8:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 8:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 53 min | |
| Feb 18, 8:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 3 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion | 60 min |
| Feb 18, 8:38 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 24 min |
| Feb 18, 9:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Feb 18, 9:02 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 7 days |
| Feb 18, 9:02 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 5 days |
| Feb 18, 9:02 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 3 days |
| Feb 18, 9:02 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 13 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 36 min |
| Feb 18, 9:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 56 min |
| Feb 18, 9:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 9:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 57 min |
| Feb 18, 9:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 9:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 64 min |
| Feb 18, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 9:54 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Feb 18, 10:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 66 min |
| Feb 18, 10:17 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Feb 18, 10:20 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:46 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 3 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:54 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 34 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 50 min |
| Feb 18, 11:01 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 43 min | |
| Feb 18, 11:16 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 4 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:41 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 109 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.