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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 4, 2014Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2014, 7:09 AM CDT for Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 36 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: Apr 4, 2014, 7:09 AM CDT (12:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2014, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 4, 3:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 4, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 1241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

276 
WFUS54 KLCH 041209
TORLCH
LAC039-079-041245-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0001.140404T1209Z-140404T1245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
709 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES TURKEY CREEK...
  SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...GLENMORA...CHENEYVILLE...

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 707 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GLENMORA...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ST.
  LANDRY.

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 1100 AM CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3097 9222 3096 9228 3094 9228 3088 9224
      3083 9223 3084 9260 3090 9260 3090 9263
      3102 9264 3106 9223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1209Z 267DEG 27KT 3093 9253

$$

2 follow-up statements

815 
WWUS54 KLCH 041219
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
719 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

LAC039-079-041245-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140404T1245Z/
RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-
719 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
EVANGELINE AND SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES PARISHES...

AT 716 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR.  THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
TURKEY CREEK..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHENEYVILLE AND ST. LANDRY

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 1100 AM CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

&&

LAT...LON 3097 9222 3096 9228 3094 9228 3088 9224
      3083 9223 3084 9253 3104 9247 3106 9223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1219Z 267DEG 27KT 3093 9244

$$

974 
WWUS54 KLCH 041228
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
728 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

LAC039-079-041238-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140404T1245Z/
RAPIDES LA-EVANGELINE LA-
728 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN EVANGELINE AND SOUTHEASTERN
RAPIDES PARISHES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3097 9222 3096 9228 3094 9228 3088 9224
      3083 9223 3084 9253 3104 9247 3106 9223
TIME...MOT...LOC 1228Z 267DEG 27KT 3093 9236

$$

LANDRENEAU

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 4:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	57 min
Apr 4, 5:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	61 min
Apr 4, 5:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	65 min
Apr 4, 6:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	62 min
Apr 4, 6:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	63 min
Apr 4, 6:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon	68 min
Apr 4, 7:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	39 min
Apr 4, 7:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	29 min
Apr 4, 7:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	59 min
Apr 4, 7:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 1 more	71 min
Apr 4, 8:13 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		92 min
Apr 4, 8:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron, Vermilion	67 min
Apr 4, 8:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	54 min
Apr 4, 8:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	34 min
Apr 4, 9:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	61 min
Apr 4, 9:34 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		86 min
Apr 4, 10:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion	59 min
Apr 4, 11:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		45 min
Apr 4, 11:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	44 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.