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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 21, 2012, 5:51 AM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 min. 4 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
- Mar 21, 2012, 5:51 AM CDT (10:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2012, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 5:52 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Abbeville, LA | DEBRIS AND TREES REPORTED ON THE PERRY BRIDGE. |
| Mar 21, 5:52 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Abbeville, LA | DEBRIS ON SOUTH HENRY RD NEAR THE ABBEVILLE AIRPORT. A VEHICLE STRUCK A TREE ON THE ROADWAY. A SHED WAS ALSO DESTROYED. |
| Mar 21, 6:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Abbeville, LA | KLFY REPORTS POWERLINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 82 NEAR PERRY |
| Mar 21, 6:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Abbeville, LA | PUBLIC REPORTS AN ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60 MPH NEAR ABBEVILLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 21, 5:04 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 1474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
394
WFUS54 KLCH 211051
TORLCH
LAC055-113-211115-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0052.120321T1051Z-120321T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
551 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...SCOTT...LAFAYETTE...
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES ABBEVILLE...
* UNTIL 615 AM CDT
* AT 548 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HENRY...
MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ERATH AND MEAUX BY 600 AM CDT...
YOUNGSVILLE...MAURICE AND RIDGE BY 610 AM CDT...
BROUSSARD...LAFAYETTE AND SCOTT BY 615 AM CDT...
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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 2988 9224 3026 9216 3021 9198 3018 9197
3019 9195 3019 9192 3015 9191 3012 9194
3000 9197 2998 9200 2997 9199 2983 9207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1052Z 202DEG 41KT 2992 9214
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 5 days |
| Mar 20, 8:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 26 days |
| Mar 20, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Mar 20, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Mar 21, 12:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 62 min |
| Mar 21, 12:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 27 min |
| Mar 21, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 19 min |
| Mar 21, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 59 min |
| Mar 21, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 55 min |
| Mar 21, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 62 min |
| Mar 21, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 4 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 34 min |
| Mar 21, 3:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Saint Martin | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Mar 21, 4:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 26 min |
| Mar 21, 4:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 25 min |
| Mar 21, 4:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Vermilion | 31 min |
| Mar 21, 4:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 54 min | |
| Mar 21, 5:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 28 min |
| Mar 21, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 56 min |
| Mar 21, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Mar 21, 6:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 5 days |
| Mar 21, 7:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 59 min |
| Mar 21, 7:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Mar 21, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 39 min |
| Mar 21, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 47 min |
| Mar 21, 7:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 65 min |
| Mar 21, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 5 days |
| Mar 21, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.