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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 25, 2012Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 12:23 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 37 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: Dec 25, 2012, 12:23 PM CST (18:23 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 1:00 PM CST
In force: 37 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
Dec 25, 12:45 PM CST	TORNADO	Tioga, LA	* 1 INJ * NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF 2 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE TOWN OF TIOGA. THE TORNADO PRODUCED A DAMAGE PATH FOUR MILES LONG AND 1/2 MILE WIDE. THE TORNADO DAMAGED APPROXIMATELY 43 HOMES AS WELL AS TIOGA HIGH SCHOOL AND INVENTORY AT A TRUCKING C
Dec 25, 12:50 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Pineville, LA	NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS A 5TH WHEEL FLIPPED OVER AT 118 WOODCREEK LOOP. NUMEROUS PINE TREES AND POWERLINES ARE ALSO REPORTED TO BE DOWN.
Dec 25, 12:50 PM CST	TORNADO	Alexandria, LA	NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF 2 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA. THE TORNADO PRODUCED A DAMAGE PATH 2 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE. LARGE PIECES OF ROOF MATERIAL WERE BLOWN OFF OF BUILDINGS IN JACKSON SQUARE. THE TORNADO BLEW A NON MOVING CHEVY
Dec 25, 12:53 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 61	Alexandria, LA	ALEXANDRIA ASOS REPORTED A 61 MPH WIND GUST.

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
Dec 25, 9:17 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

847 
WFUS54 KLCH 251823
TORLCH
LAC079-115-251900-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0065.121225T1823Z-121225T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1223 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...PINEVILLE...
  BOYCE...ALEXANDRIA...
  NORTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 100 PM CST

* AT 1220 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLIFTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OTIS BY 1230 PM CST...
  GARDNER BY 1235 PM CST...
  ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 1245 PM CST...
  PINEVILLE...TIOGA...ALEXANDRIA AND TIMBER TRAILS BY 1250 PM CST...
  KINGSVILLE...PARADISE AND BALL BY 1255 PM 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.

LAT...LON 3118 9237 3116 9296 3134 9300 3141 9269
      3140 9262 3144 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 258DEG 49KT 3127 9287

$$

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2 follow-up statements

670 
WWUS54 KLCH 251830
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1230 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

LAC079-115-251900-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-121225T1900Z/
RAPIDES LA-VERNON LA-
1230 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISHES...

AT 1225 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR.  THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
CLIFTON..MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GARDNER AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF BOYCE BY 1235 PM CST...
  ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 1245 PM CST...
  PINEVILLE...TIOGA...ALEXANDRIA AND TIMBER TRAILS BY 1250 PM CST...
  KINGSVILLE...PARADISE AND BALL BY 1255 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3118 9237 3117 9289 3135 9292 3141 9269
      3140 9262 3144 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 258DEG 49KT 3129 9276

$$

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109 
WWUS54 KLCH 251840
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1240 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

LAC079-115-251900-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-121225T1900Z/
RAPIDES LA-VERNON LA-
1240 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISHES...

AT 1238 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR.  THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
BOYCE..MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 1245 PM CST...
  TIOGA...TIMBER TRAILS...PINEVILLE AND ALEXANDRIA BY 1250 PM CST...
  PARADISE...KINGSVILLE AND BALL BY 1255 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3118 9237 3117 9289 3135 9292 3141 9269
      3140 9262 3144 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 252DEG 48KT 3133 9262

$$

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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, 2:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis	36 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, 12:27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.