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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 2:39 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 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
- Dec 25, 2012, 2:39 AM CST (08:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 3:15 AM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 1:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
232 WFUS54 KLCH 250839 TORLCH LAC001-053-250915- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0062.121225T0839Z-121225T0915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 239 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES...MERMENTAU...IOTA... EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES JENNINGS... * UNTIL 315 AM CST * AT 236 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JENNINGS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MERMENTAU BY 245 AM CST... EVANGELINE BY 250 AM CST... EGAN BY 255 AM CST... IOTA BY 305 AM CST... MAXIE BY 310 AM CST... MOWATA BY 315 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. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW! && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3015 9271 3020 9274 3048 9247 3025 9223 TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 227DEG 26KT 3021 9266 $$ TINGLER
2 follow-up statements
959 WWUS54 KLCH 250853 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 253 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 LAC053-250903- /O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-121225T0915Z/ JEFFERSON DAVIS LA- 253 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3024 9262 3028 9262 3048 9247 3028 9226 TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 226DEG 28KT 3029 9256 $$ LAC001-250915- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-121225T0915Z/ ACADIA LA- 253 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CST FOR NORTHERN ACADIA PARISH... AT 250 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO ON RADAR. THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EVANGELINE..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... IOTA BY 300 AM CST... MAXIE BY 310 AM CST... MOWATA BY 315 AM CST... 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! && LAT...LON 3024 9262 3028 9262 3048 9247 3028 9226 TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 226DEG 28KT 3029 9256 $$ TINGLER
609 WWUS54 KLCH 250915 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 315 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 LAC001-250925- /O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-121225T0915Z/ ACADIA LA- 315 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ACADIA PARISH HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3024 9262 3028 9262 3048 9247 3028 9226 TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 226DEG 28KT 3029 9256 $$ TINGLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 8:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Dec 25, 2:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 58 min |
| Dec 25, 2:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 42 min |
| Dec 25, 3:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 61 min |
| Dec 25, 3:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 58 min |
| Dec 25, 3:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 19 min |
| Dec 25, 4:05 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 25 min |
| Dec 25, 4:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 39 min |
| Dec 25, 4:17 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:19 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 41 min |
| Dec 25, 5:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 43 min |
| Dec 25, 5:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 44 min |
| Dec 25, 6:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 6:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 7:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Vermilion | 25 min |
| Dec 25, 7:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 46 min |
| Dec 25, 9:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 34 min |
| Dec 25, 9:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 34 min |
| Dec 25, 11:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon | 68 min |
| Dec 25, 11:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 36 min |
| Dec 25, 11:58 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 92 min | |
| Dec 25, 12:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron | 55 min |
| Dec 25, 12:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 37 min |
| Dec 25, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 63 min |
| Dec 25, 12:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more | 53 min |
| Dec 25, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 35 min |
| Dec 25, 12:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more | 54 min |
| Dec 25, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 22 min |
| Dec 25, 1:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 61 min |
| Dec 25, 1:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 90 min | |
| Dec 25, 1:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 54 min |
| Dec 25, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 7 min |
| Dec 25, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 31 min |
| Dec 25, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 63 min |
| Dec 25, 2:46 PM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 23 hr | |
| Dec 25, 2:54 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Dec 25, 3:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 55 min |
| Dec 25, 3:56 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Dec 25, 5:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.