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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2012Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 2:01 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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: Jan 25, 2012, 2:01 PM CST (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2012, 2:30 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 25, 2:30 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Fort Polk, LA	FORT POLK RADAR STATION REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR FORT POLK
Jan 25, 2:30 PM CST	TORNADO 0	3 Sse Fort Polk, LA	EF0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS NEAR FORT POLK...CROSSING LA HWY 10. MANY PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR BLOWN DOWN. PATH LENGTH WAS 1 MILE AND PATH WIDTH WAS 20 YARDS.
Jan 25, 2:32 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Fort Polk, LA	PUBLIC REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR FT POLK.

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
Jan 25, 7:56 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

208 
WFUS54 KLCH 252001
TORLCH
LAC011-115-252030-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0009.120125T2001Z-120125T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
201 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...SUGARTOWN...SINGER...FIELDS...DRY CREEK...DE
  RIDDER...
  VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...SLAGLE...ROSEPINE...PITKIN...LEESVILLE...FORT
  POLK...ANACOCO...

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 159 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM ANACOCO TO FIELDS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  KURTHWOOD...SINGER AND ROSEPINE BY 210 PM CST...
  SLAGLE...FORT POLK AND DE RIDDER BY 215 PM CST...
  HUTTON AND TULLA BY 220 PM CST...
  LONGVILLE BY 225 PM CST...
  CRAVENS BY 230 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
SMALL ROOM LIKE A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND USE PILLOWS OR BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...WHETHER IT IS TIED DOWN OR NOT...
EVACUATE IT AND FIND A MORE STURDY SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES CAN BE
PICKED UP OR TOSSED BY THE TORNADO.

IN SCHOOLS...HOSPITALS...AND SHOPPING CENTERS...MOVE TO PRE-
DESIGNATED SHELTER AREAS. INTERIOR HALLWAYS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR ARE
THE BEST. STAY OUT OF AUDITORIUMS AND GYMNASIUMS...AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORWAYS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3133 9295 3132 9288 3129 9288 3125 9283
      3095 9282 3088 9285 3088 9298 3060 9298
      3060 9313 3052 9314 3048 9338 3049 9349
      3047 9349 3045 9362 3135 9331 3137 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 263DEG 36KT 3127 9327 3055 9352

$$

ERICKSON

1 follow-up statement

519 
WWUS54 KLCH 252016
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
216 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

LAC011-115-252030-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120125T2030Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA-
216 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR VERNON
AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES...

AT 213 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KURTHWOOD TO ROSEPINE AND 
SINGER..MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDE TULLA...HUTTON...
CRAVENS...SIMPSON...FULLERTON...BUNDICK LAKE...SUGARTOWN AND PITKIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION...STAY INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...WHETHER IT IS TIED DOWN OR NOT...
EVACUATE IT AND FIND A MORE STURDY SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES CAN BE
PICKED UP OR TOSSED BY THE TORNADO.

IN SCHOOLS...HOSPITALS...AND SHOPPING CENTERS...MOVE TO PRE-
DESIGNATED SHELTER AREAS. INTERIOR HALLWAYS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR ARE
THE BEST. STAY OUT OF AUDITORIUMS AND GYMNASIUMS...AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3133 9295 3132 9288 3129 9288 3125 9283
      3095 9282 3088 9285 3088 9298 3060 9298
      3060 9313 3052 9314 3048 9338 3049 9349
      3047 9349 3045 9362 3135 9331 3137 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 263DEG 36KT 3133 9313 3091 9316
          3057 9340

$$

ERICKSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 2:38 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		5 hr
Jan 25, 2:44 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Saint Martin	5 hr
Jan 25, 5:19 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Lafayette, Saint Martin	13 hr
Jan 25, 1:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	31 min
Jan 25, 1:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	54 min
Jan 25, 1:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Jan 25, 2:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	32 min
Jan 25, 2:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron	54 min
Jan 25, 2:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	34 min
Jan 25, 3:06 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		54 min
Jan 25, 3:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	36 min
Jan 25, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more	60 min
Jan 25, 3:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	35 min
Jan 25, 4:02 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Jan 25, 4:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 7 more	54 min
Jan 25, 4:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu	112 min
Jan 25, 4:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	34 min
Jan 25, 5:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Jan 25, 5:20 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	55 min
Jan 25, 5:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more	57 min
Jan 25, 5:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron	12 min
Jan 25, 5:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 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.