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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 10, 2013Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2013, 12:18 AM CDT for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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
May 10, 2013, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2013, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2013-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1022 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2013-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

361 
WFUS54 KLCH 100518
TORLCH
LAC003-011-100545-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0009.130510T0518Z-130510T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1218 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES MITTIE...
  NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...SUGARTOWN...DRY CREEK...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF DRY CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DRY CREEK BY 1225 AM CDT...
  SUGARTOWN BY 1230 AM CDT...
  GRANT BY 1235 AM CDT...
  MITTIE BY 1240 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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3068 9278 3061 9322 3082 9324 3088 9307
      3088 9292
TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 257DEG 28KT 3075 9312

$$

21
1 follow-up statement
900 
WWUS54 KLCH 100535
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1235 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

LAC003-011-100545-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130510T0545Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-ALLEN LA-
1235 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ALLEN AND NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISHES...

AT 1233 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR.  THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
GRANT..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3068 9278 3064 9304 3087 9310 3088 9307
      3088 9292
TIME...MOT...LOC 0536Z 257DEG 28KT 3078 9296

$$

JT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard, Vernon56 min
May 9, 10:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHBeauregard, Vernon110 min
May 9, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard, Vernon52 min
May 9, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu67 min
May 9, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard35 min
May 10, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis55 min
May 10, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron57 min
May 10, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides55 min
May 10, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Rapides and 1 more53 min
May 10, 1:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 2 more2 hr
May 10, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH54 min
May 10, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu54 min
May 10, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis65 min
May 10, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis67 min
May 10, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides62 min
May 10, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry65 min
May 10, 2:52 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH83 min
May 10, 3:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion88 min
May 10, 4:27 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
May 10, 4:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more30 hr
May 10, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary59 min
May 10, 5:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
May 10, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
May 10, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
May 10, 1:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHCalcasieu107 min
May 10, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
May 10, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH87 min
May 10, 4:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHSaint Martin, St. Mary3 hr
May 10, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH50 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHLafayette4 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.