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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2013, 10:13 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 32 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
- Oct 31, 2013, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2013, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 10:30 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Wnw Lake Charles Regi, LA | A NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN OF HWY 384 NEAR OGEA RD TO THE SOUTH WEST OF LAKE CHARLES LA. MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE HOME WITH 2 SHEDS COLLAPSED WITH A TREE UPROOTED AND BRANCHES SNAPPED UP TO ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER. |
| Oct 31, 10:46 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Lake Charles Regi, LA | STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG TALL SKY DRIVE AND RUSTIC VIEW DRIVE. N TO NW WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 TO NEAR 70 MPH DAMAGED ONE ROOF, REMOVED ONE CAR PORT, REMOVED SKIRTING AROUND MULTIPLE MOBILE HOMES, DAMAGED SIDING TO A COUPLE OF M |
| Oct 31, 10:51 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ene Grand Lake, LA | KLPC RELAYED REPORT OF TIN TORE OFF A MOBILE HOME AND TWO SHEDS DAMAGED. |
| Oct 31, 10:51 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ene Grand Lake, LA | TIN TORE OFF A MOBILE HOME AND TWO SHEDS DAMAGED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 7:32 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
044
WFUS54 KLCH 311513
TORLCH
LAC019-053-311545-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0013.131031T1513Z-131031T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1013 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...WESTLAKE...
VINTON...SULPHUR...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES...IOWA...HAYES...
CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...WELSH...FENTON...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 1009 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EDGERLY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CARLYSS...HOLMWOOD...WESTLAKE...LAKE CHARLES...GILLIS...LEBLEU
SETTLEMENT...TOPSY AND BULLER
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3005 9359 3022 9361 3041 9319 3040 9314
3043 9313 3043 9307 3044 9306 3044 9286
3032 9279 3012 9277 3004 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1512Z 244DEG 54KT 3018 9343
$$
TINGLER1 follow-up statement
638
WWUS54 KLCH 311532
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1032 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013
LAC019-053-311545-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-131031T1545Z/
CALCASIEU LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
1032 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND EASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES...
AT 1028 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR. THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
CARLYSS..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...WESTLAKE...LAKE CHARLES...MOSS BLUFF...
HOLMWOOD...BULLER...WELSH...LEBLEU SETTLEMENT...LACASSINE...IOWA...
HAYES...FENTON AND BELL CITY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY
TIME. TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3005 9341 3019 9338 3044 9306 3044 9286
3043 9285 3032 9279 3012 9277 3005 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1531Z 246DEG 38KT 3017 9329
$$
TINGLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 8:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 61 min |
| Oct 31, 9:13 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 22 min |
| Oct 31, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon | 53 min |
| Oct 31, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Oct 31, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 89 min | |
| Oct 31, 10:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 13 min |
| Oct 31, 10:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 33 min |
| Oct 31, 10:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 35 min |
| Oct 31, 10:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more | 59 min |
| Oct 31, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 4 days |
| Oct 31, 11:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 37 min |
| Oct 31, 11:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 34 min |
| Oct 31, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion | 60 min |
| Oct 31, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 97 min | |
| Oct 31, 12:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 40 min |
| Oct 31, 12:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 18 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 23 min |
| Oct 31, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 58 min |
| Oct 31, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 82 min | |
| Oct 31, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 8 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin | 56 min |
| Oct 31, 2:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 8 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.