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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2012, 1:22 AM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 5, 2012, 1:22 AM CDT (06:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2012, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Avoyelles Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:29 AM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 3 Se Cottonport, LA | PUBLIC REPORTS VIA FACEBOOK DIME SIZE HAIL BETWEEN COTTONPORT AND PLAUCHEVILLE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
121
WFUS54 KLCH 050622
TORLCH
LAC009-050645-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0054.120405T0622Z-120405T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
122 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES SIMMESPORT...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
EVERGREEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PLAUCHEVILLE BY 130 AM CDT...
DUPONT BY 135 AM CDT...
SIMMESPORT BY 145 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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3104 9172 3098 9178 3098 9180 3089 9179
3086 9180 3085 9182 3089 9214 3096 9214
3107 9171
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 268DEG 26KT 3092 9206
$$
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 39 min | |
| Apr 4, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 69 min | |
| Apr 4, 8:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 6 days |
| Apr 4, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Apr 5, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | St. Mary | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 4:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 5:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Assumption | 34 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.