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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2012, 12:34 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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
- Oct 18, 2012, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 12:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Lacamp, LA | DOWNED TREES CAUSED TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. |
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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 2250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
782 WFUS54 KLCH 180534 TORLCH LAC079-115-180600- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0058.121018T0534Z-121018T0600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1234 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 100 AM CDT * AT 1229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLIFTON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LACAMP BY 1240 AM CDT... SIEPER BY 1245 AM CDT... LEANDER BY 1250 AM CDT... OTIS BY 1255 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. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3120 9266 3105 9291 3126 9305 3136 9289 TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 314DEG 21KT 3123 9288 $$
1 follow-up statement
780
WWUS54 KLCH 180544
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1244 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
LAC079-115-180600-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-121018T0600Z/
RAPIDES LA-VERNON LA-
1244 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VERNON AND WEST CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISHES...
AT 1243 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR. THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
SIEPER..MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OTIS BY 1250 AM CDT...
HINESTON BY 1255 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY
TIME. TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE INSIDE A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 9300 3132 9285 3130 9280 3120 9266
3107 9288
TIME...MOT...LOC 0544Z 309DEG 23KT 3119 9283
$$
JTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 27 min |
| Oct 18, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 24 min |
| Oct 18, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 53 min |
| Oct 18, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline | 55 min |
| Oct 18, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 56 min |
| Oct 18, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 66 min |
| Oct 18, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 55 min |
| Oct 18, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Oct 18, 3:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette | 64 min |
| Oct 18, 4:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 66 min |
| Oct 18, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Vermilion | 65 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.