Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2012, 12:45 AM CDT for Newton County, Texas; Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 4, 2012, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2012, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 3354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
980 WFUS54 KLCH 040545 TORLCH LAC011-115-TXC351-040615- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0053.120404T0545Z-120404T0615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1245 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... SOUTHWESTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 115 AM CDT * AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STRINGTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BURR FERRY BY 115 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. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW! A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3118 9355 3100 9325 3079 9354 3086 9366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 214DEG 16KT 3089 9357 $$ 25
2 follow-up statements
111 WWUS54 KLCH 040608 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 108 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 LAC011-115-TXC351-040615- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120404T0615Z/ NEWTON TX-BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA- 108 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY...AND SOUTHWESTERN VERNON AND NORTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISHES... AT 103 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED POSSIBLE ROTATION WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR EVANS..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BURR FERRY BY 115 AM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW! A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3118 9355 3100 9325 3079 9354 3086 9366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 214DEG 16KT 3097 9350 $$ 25
866 WWUS54 KLCH 040620 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 120 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 LAC011-115-TXC351-040629- /O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120404T0615Z/ NEWTON TX-BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA- 120 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY...AND SOUTHWESTERN VERNON AND NORTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISHES HAS EXPIRED... AT 115 AM CDT...REGIONAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING WAS LOCATED NEAR BURR FERRY IN SOUTHWESTERN VERNON PARISH. THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3118 9355 3100 9325 3079 9354 3086 9366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0608Z 214DEG 16KT 3097 9350 $$ 25
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 113 min |
| Apr 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette and 2 more | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 3:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Vermilion | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 59 min | |
| Apr 4, 9:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Apr 4, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 91 min |
Nearby
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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.