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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2013, 11:40 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- May 9, 2013, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2013, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Beauregard Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 11:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nw Singer, LA | |
| May 9, 11:46 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Singer, LA | BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS POSSIBLE TORNADO. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOME ON BUCKLEY ROAD INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF CARPORT AND PORTION OF ROOF. POWER LINES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 27 AND 110. ALSO A PUBLIC REPORT OF TREES DOWN BLOCKING H |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
724 WFUS54 KLCH 100440 TORLCH LAC011-100515- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0008.130510T0440Z-130510T0515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1140 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES SINGER... * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 1137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SINGER... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TULLA AND LONGVILLE BY 1155 PM CDT... 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3081 9310 3060 9307 3058 9353 3074 9353 TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 267DEG 36KT 3068 9342 $$ 21
1 follow-up statement
561 WWUS54 KLCH 100503 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1203 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013 LAC011-100515- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130510T0515Z/ BEAUREGARD LA- 1203 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH... AT MIDNIGHT CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO ON RADAR. THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TULLA..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TULLA AND 6 MILES NORTH OF LONGVILLE BY 1210 AM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUNDICK LAKE BY 1215 AM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3059 9340 3076 9340 3081 9310 3060 9307 TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 265DEG 24KT 3069 9329 $$ JT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 56 min |
| May 9, 10:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 110 min |
| May 9, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 52 min |
| May 9, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 67 min |
| May 10, 12:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 27 min |
| May 10, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 55 min |
| May 10, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron | 57 min |
| May 10, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 55 min |
| May 10, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 1 more | 53 min |
| May 10, 1:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more | 2 hr |
| May 10, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 54 min | |
| May 10, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 54 min |
| May 10, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 65 min |
| May 10, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 67 min |
| May 10, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 62 min |
| May 10, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 65 min |
| May 10, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 83 min | |
| May 10, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 88 min |
| May 10, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| May 10, 4:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 30 hr |
| May 10, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 59 min |
| May 10, 5:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| May 10, 12:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 56 min | |
| May 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| May 10, 1:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 107 min |
| May 10, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| May 10, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 87 min | |
| May 10, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 50 min | |
| May 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Lafayette | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.