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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 10, 2013Avoyelles Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2013, 5:04 AM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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
Jan 10, 2013, 5:04 AM CST (11:04 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2013, 5:30 AM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 10, 4:31 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2013-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2013-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

676 
WFUS54 KLCH 101104
TORLCH
LAC009-097-101130-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0003.130110T1104Z-130110T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
504 AM CST THU JAN 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...BAYOU CURRENT...PALMETTO...

* UNTIL 530 AM CST

* AT 501 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LEBEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEBEAU AND PALMETTO BY 510 AM CST...
  BIG CANE BY 520 AM CST...
  GOUDEAU AND BAYOU CURRENT BY 525 AM CST...
  DUPONT AND PLAUCHEVILLE BY 530 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3096 9180 3089 9179 3086 9180 3085 9181
      3084 9179 3081 9180 3080 9178 3062 9201
      3067 9212 3103 9200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1104Z 204DEG 32KT 3070 9204

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 6:11 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHEvangeline, Rapides, Vernon3 hr
Jan 9, 6:36 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
Jan 9, 7:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion3 hr
Jan 9, 7:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion57 min
Jan 9, 7:47 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHVernon56 hr
Jan 9, 8:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia64 min
Jan 9, 8:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry3 hr
Jan 9, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia25 min
Jan 9, 8:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon3 hr
Jan 9, 9:42 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH93 min
Jan 9, 10:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Vermilion3 hr
Jan 9, 10:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAvoyelles58 min
Jan 9, 11:14 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis3 hr
Jan 9, 11:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry6 hr
Jan 9, 11:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon3 hr
Jan 10, 1:04 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more3 hr
Jan 10, 2:07 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis4 hr
Jan 10, 2:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon3 hr
Jan 10, 4:00 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry30 min
Jan 10, 4:11 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more6 hr
Jan 10, 4:34 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHEvangeline, Saint Landry26 min
Jan 10, 5:27 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH63 min
Jan 10, 5:35 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry6 hr
Jan 10, 5:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary27 min
Jan 10, 6:11 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon6 hr
Jan 10, 6:16 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchLCHBeauregard, Cameron, Vernon90 min
Jan 10, 6:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary36 min
Jan 10, 6:53 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion28 hr
Jan 10, 7:07 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH68 min
Jan 10, 8:24 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHVernon4 hr
Jan 10, 9:13 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu47 hr
Jan 10, 9:46 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis and 4 more8 hr
Jan 10, 11:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry9 min
Jan 10, 11:43 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry56 hr
Jan 10, 11:54 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon56 hr
Jan 10, 5:30 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis and 4 more24 hr

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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.