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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 31, 2013Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2013, 10:40 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 35 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: Oct 31, 2013, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2013, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 3.7 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.

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

851 
WFUS54 KLCH 311540
TORLCH
LAC019-053-311615-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0016.131031T1540Z-131031T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1040 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...WESTLAKE...LAKE
  CHARLES...IOWA...HAYES...
  CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...WELSH...FENTON...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1037 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AND JUST   
  NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HOLMWOOD...LEBLEU SETTLEMENT 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3022 9336 3044 9291 3043 9282 3012 9271
      3005 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 252DEG 40KT 3018 9322

$$

TINGLER

2 follow-up statements

935 
WWUS54 KLCH 311552
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1052 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

LAC019-053-311615-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-131031T1615Z/
CALCASIEU LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
1052 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES...

AT 1047 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ON RADAR.  THESE RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL
AIRPORT..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HOLMWOOD...LEBLEU SETTLEMENT...IOWA...BULLER...BELL CITY...
LACASSINE...WELSH...HAYES AND FENTON

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 3006 9325 3019 9319 3030 9320 3044 9291
      3043 9282 3012 9271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 262DEG 28KT 3017 9312 3007 9314

$$

TINGLER

660 
WWUS54 KLCH 311553
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1053 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

LAC019-053-311615-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-131031T1615Z/
CALCASIEU LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
1053 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES...

AT 1051 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
LINE OF STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MULTIPLE TORNADOES ON 
RADAR.  THESE RADAR INDICATED TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED 
NEAR HOLMWOOD TO NEAR THE CAMERON PARISH LINE..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEBLEU
SETTLEMENT...IOWA...BULLER...BELL CITY...WELSH...LACASSINE...HAYES
AND FENTON

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 3006 9325 3019 9319 3030 9320 3044 9291
      3043 9282 3012 9271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 262DEG 28KT 3017 9312 3007 9314

$$

TINGLER

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Oct 31, 9:58 AM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 9:58 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
958 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

.UPDATE...
SQUALL LINE FROM RAPIDES PARISH SOUTH TO JEFFERSON COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS MOVING EAST AT THIS TIME. ZONES AND REST OF THE
DATA HAS BEEN UPDATED INCLUDING WATCHES AND ADVISORIES. ACTIVITY
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE REGION LATE TONIGHT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 741 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013/

UPDATE...UPDATED ZONES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
551 WHICH IS VALID UNTIL 2 PM CDT. THE LAKE CHARLES MORNING
SOUNDING HAS GOOD DIRECTIONAL SHEAR BELOW 5K FEET WITH A LOW LEVEL
JET EVIDENT FROM WINDS NEAR 50 KNOTS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE. A
SQUALL LINE JUST NORTH OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
EXTENDS NORTHEAST JUST WEST OF THE SABINE RIVER. THE SQUALL LINE
WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SABINE PASS, LAKE CHARLES AND ALEXANDRIA
AREA AROUND NOON. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS AT AROUND 35
MPH COULD ALSO PRODUCE STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

ZONES ALREADY UPDATED.

SWEENEY

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 634 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013/

DISCUSSION...
FOR THE 31/12Z TAF ISSUANCE.

AVIATION...
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
TODAY. PREVAILING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE
INTO KBPT/KAEX/KLCH DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND KLFT/KARA THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH MAINLY MVFR CEILING AND VISIBILITIES. IFR
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL WHEN THE
STRONGER STORMS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND TRIED TO
TIME EACH LOCATION WITH TEMPO GROUPS WHEN THIS WILL OCCUR.

AFTER FRONT MOVES THROUGH...DRIER AIR WITH ENDING SHOWER ACTIVITY
AND LIGHT NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING HOURS FROM
WEST TO EAST.

RUA

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 508 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013/

SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE TEXAS HILL
COUNTRY WILL BE MOVING INTO OUR AREA ABOUT SUNDOWN. AHEAD OF THIS
FRONT, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS WITH HEAVY
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. A
PREFRONTAL SQUALL LINE LOCATED FROM LUFKIN TO JASPER, IS EXPECTED
FURTHER DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH AND MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS THIS MORNING AND INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AROUND NOON. THIS SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN
AS IT MOVES INTO ACADIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON. VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS SQUALL
LINE. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD CATCH UP WITH THIS LINE AS IT MOVES
THROUGH LOWER ACADIANA THIS EVENING.

SHORT TERM...STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST WILL BE ESPECIALLY
FELT CLOSER TO THE COAST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AS WELL AS
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH LEVELS ARE DROPPING BELOW 3
FEET ABOVE MEAN LOW WATER WITH THE OUTGOING TIDE, THE NEXT HIGH
TIDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD AGAIN BRING TIDES CLOSE TO
ADVISORY LEVELS WITH 4 FOOT SEAS WASHING OVER. SO THE COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE.

LONG TERM...SINCE THE FRONT SHOULD BE SLOWING TONIGHT, ADDED
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THE WEEKEND IS
LOOKING GOOD WITH RIDGING MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. ANOTHER PACIFIC
SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH
RAIN CHANCES INCREASING TUESDAY UNTIL THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND THURSDAY
OF NEXT WEEK. THIS FRONT WILL BRING COOLER TEMPS WITH LOWS DIPPING
INTO THE 40S IN ITS WAKE ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES.

MARINE...HOISTED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLAGS FOR THE COASTAL LAKES
AND BAYS TODAY AS THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE MOVING THROUGH.
EXTENDED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OUTER WATERS UNTIL
MIDNIGHT FOR SEAS UP TO 7 FEET AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

HYDROLOGY...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS WATCH WILL
LIKELY BE EXTENDED ASSUMING THE SQUALL LINE HOLDS TOGETHER AND
HEAVY RAINS BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE OVER LOWER SOUTHEAST TEXAS,
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES
OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAINS END
TONIGHT. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAIN UP TO 5 INCHES ALREADY HAVE
OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITHIN THE
FLOOD WATCH. RIVERS WILL LIKELY SEE RISES HOWEVER NORTHERLY WINDS
SHOULD HELP ALLEVIATE HIGH WATER IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.

SWEENEY

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  80  61  75  54  71 / 100  60  10   0   0
KBPT  79  60  77  55  70 / 100  50  10   0   0
KAEX  77  57  74  50  72 / 100  40  10   0   0
KLFT  82  66  76  54  72 / 100  70  10   0   0

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EAST
     CAMERON...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
     LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...
     UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...WEST CAMERON.

     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: CALCASIEU...EAST CAMERON...IBERIA...ST.
     MARY...VERMILION...WEST CAMERON.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...
     CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...RAPIDES...ST.
     LANDRY...VERNON.

TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: HARDIN...JEFFERSON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...
     SOUTHERN NEWTON.

     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: JEFFERSON...ORANGE.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: HARDIN...JEFFERSON...NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN
     NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON...TYLER.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON
     LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND
     TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
     TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...COASTAL WATERS FROM
     CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS
     FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL
     WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
     OUT 20 NM...SABINE LAKE...VERMILION BAY.

     SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
     THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM
     INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS
     FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20
     NM.

     SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
     LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: VERMILION BAY.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 5:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
532 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-
073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-011045-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-
ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-
UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-
WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
532 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY A SQUALL LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS IS OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL
ENTER THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ABOUT SUNDOWN AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
LOWER ACADIANA AFTER MIDNIGHT. AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THAT AREA EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING.

AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SQUALL LINE COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS
TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS
THERE IS ADEQUATE SHEAR IN THE LOW LEVELS.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COASTAL AREA EXTENDING INTO BEAUMONT, ORANGE,
AND LAFAYETTE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT INCLUDING THE
COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

DRY CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS DIMINISHING INTO THE THE WEEKEND.
RAIN CHANCES BEGIN TO RAMP UP STARTING ON TUESDAY IN ADVANCE OF
ANOTHER PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM LATER IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED WITH THE SQUALL LINE.

SWEENEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 31, 9:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
923 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

LAZ030-041-TXZ216-311445-
BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX-
923 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU
PARISHES...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ORANGE COUNTY UNTIL 945
AM CDT...

AT 918 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF STARKS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...LUNITA...DE
QUINCY AND BUHLER.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS WIND GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH...WHICH
COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK
SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3036 9375 3039 9375 3040 9375 3053 9340
      3034 9332 3022 9371 3024 9372 3025 9371
      3029 9371 3030 9374 3035 9376

TINGLER

Local storm report, Oct 31, 9:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
931 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0915 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BEAUMONT                30.09N 94.14W
10/31/2013                   JEFFERSON          TX   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TX DOT REPORTS WATER OVER US 69 NORTHBOUND LUCAS EXIT
            RAMP IN FRONT OF HOME DEPOT AND US 69 FRONTAGE ROADS IN
            BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM DELAWARE TO SH 105 IN BEAUMONT.

0915 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BATSON                  30.25N 94.61W
10/31/2013                   HARDIN             TX   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TX DOT REPORTS WATER OVER FM 770 BETWEEN BATSON AND HULL.

0915 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LUMBERTON               30.26N 94.20W
10/31/2013                   HARDIN             TX   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TX DOT REPORTS WATER OVER CANDLESTICK NEXT TO MCDONALDS
            ON US 96 IN LUMBERTON

0915 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CHESTER                 30.92N 94.60W
10/31/2013                   TYLER              TX   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TX DOT REPORTS WATER OVER FM 1745 AT RUSSEL CREEK AND AT
            BILLIUMS CREEK IN CHESTER

0915 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SSE COLMESNEIL        30.84N 94.38W
10/31/2013                   TYLER              TX   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            TX DOT REPORTS WATER OVER FM 92 NORTH AT WOLF CREEK

&&

DJONES

Special weather statement, Oct 31, 9:41 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
941 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

TXZ216-311515-
ORANGE TX-
941 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ORANGE COUNTY UNTIL 1015 AM
CDT...

AT 936 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF ORANGEFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...WEST
ORANGE...ORANGE AND FOREST HEIGHTS.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM IS WIND GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH...WHICH
COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK
SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3025 9375 3019 9371 3015 9371 3014 9369
      3014 9370 3011 9370 3009 9373 3007 9371
      2998 9387 2999 9391 3012 9401

TINGLER

Special weather statement, Oct 31, 9:52 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
952 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

LAZ027-028-030-031-041-042-073-TXZ215-216-260>262-311545-
NORTHERN NEWTON TX-JEFFERSON TX-RAPIDES LA-BEAUREGARD LA-ALLEN LA-
VERNON LA-CALCASIEU LA-ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
SOUTHERN JASPER TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-WEST CAMERON LA-
952 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER...NEWTON...JEFFERSON AND
ORANGE COUNTIES...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAPIDES...
BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...VERNON...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS AND CAMERON
PARISHES UNTIL 1045 AM CDT...

AT 950 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SUGARTOWN TO 3 MILES
EAST OF GROVES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...VINTON...
PITKIN...EDGERLY...RAGLEY...LEANDER AND GRANT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...
WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS.
SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3140 9266 3143 9246 3136 9207 3135 9207
      3132 9223 3109 9223 3097 9233 3100 9239
      3089 9260 3066 9260 3005 9313 3004 9332
      2985 9334 2986 9343 2982 9334 2975 9339
      2957 9436 2984 9436 3137 9295 3148 9278

TINGLER

Local storm report, Oct 31, 10:12 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1012 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG BRIDGE CITY             30.03N 93.85W
10/31/2013                   ORANGE             TX   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS TREES DOWN...SIDING OFF OF HOMES AND
            CEILING DAMAGE ALONG S. PATILLO RD...POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

DJONES

Local storm report, Oct 31, 10:15 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1015 AM CDT THU OCT 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BRIDGE CITY             30.03N 93.85W
10/31/2013                   ORANGE             TX   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS TREES DOWN...SIDING OFF OF HOMES AND
            CEILING DAMAGE ALONG S. PATILLO RD...POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

DJONES

The 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, 10:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	32 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, 10:46 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.