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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2012, 9:22 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 38 min. 7 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, 9:22 AM CST (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9:30 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 75 | Lafayette, LA | KATC ESTIMATED 75 MPH WIND GUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAFAYETTE WITH THE BOW ECHO. |
| Feb 18, 9:30 AM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ese Rayne, LA | PUBLIC REPORTED FLOOR SHAKING AND FREIGHT TRAIN SOUND |
| Feb 18, 9:33 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Duson, LA | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Feb 18, 9:36 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Lafayette, LA | PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN AMBASSADOR CAFFREY BOULEVARD AND IH 10. |
| Feb 18, 9:45 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Lafayette, LA | PUBLIC REPORTED WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ALONG AMBASSADOR CAFFREY BOULEVARD |
| Feb 18, 9:45 AM CST | HAIL 0.25 | 2 E Lafayette, LA | PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT |
| Feb 18, 9:48 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 0 | Lafayette, LA | KATC REPORT OF ESTIMATED 75 MPH WIND GUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAFAYETTE WITH THE BOW ECHO. |
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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
677
WFUS54 KLCH 181522
TORLCH
LAC001-055-181600-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0031.120218T1522Z-120218T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
922 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...SCOTT...LAFAYETTE...
EAST CENTRAL ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES RAYNE...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CST
* AT 919 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF RAYNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DUSON AND MIRE BY 935 AM CST...
SCOTT BY 940 AM CST...
LAFAYETTE BY 945 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 1000 AM CST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3022 9198 3014 9231 3023 9238 3035 9216
3033 9216 3032 9214 3030 9214 3033 9209
3037 9207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1523Z 242DEG 32KT 3018 9227
$$
212 follow-up statements
375
WWUS54 KLCH 181536
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
936 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
LAC001-055-181600-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120218T1600Z/
LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-
936 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL ACADIA AND NORTHERN LAFAYETTE PARISHES...
AT 929 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FINNEL CLOUD NEAR
DUSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SCOTT...LAFAYETTE AND CARENCRO
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...STAY INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
&&
LAT...LON 3022 9198 3017 9218 3017 9219 3026 9225
3035 9216 3033 9216 3032 9214 3030 9214
3033 9209 3037 9207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1534Z 241DEG 34KT 3025 9214
$$
MM825
WWUS54 KLCH 181559
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
959 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
LAC001-055-181609-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120218T1600Z/
LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-
959 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ACADIA AND NORTHERN LAFAYETTE
PARISHES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3022 9198 3017 9218 3017 9219 3026 9225
3035 9216 3033 9216 3032 9214 3030 9214
3033 9209 3037 9207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 241DEG 34KT 3036 9190
$$The 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, 8:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 23 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, 9:33 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.