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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2014, 12:19 PM CST for Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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
- Nov 16, 2014, 12:19 PM CST (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2014, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Acadia Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 12:24 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Crowley, LA | 911 REPORTED BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT MORROW ROAD AND HIGHWAY 13. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 452 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 624 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
507 WFUS54 KLCH 161819 TORLCH LAC001-161900- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0010.141116T1819Z-141116T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1219 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES CROWLEY... * UNTIL 100 PM CST * AT 1216 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EGAN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAXIE...MOWATA AND BRANCH 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. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3047 9237 3028 9219 3016 9248 3023 9254 TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 227DEG 17KT 3021 9248 $$ MARCOTTE
1 follow-up statement
372 WWUS54 KLCH 161838 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1238 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014 LAC001-161900- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-141116T1900Z/ ACADIA LA- 1238 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN ACADIA PARISH... AT 1236 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE ON RADAR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAXIE..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRANCH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. && LAT...LON 3028 9219 3024 9239 3030 9246 3047 9237 TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 228DEG 35KT 3031 9235 $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 4:30 AM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 34 hr | |
| Nov 16, 4:30 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 23 hr | |
| Nov 16, 6:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 23 min |
| Nov 16, 9:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 53 min | |
| Nov 16, 9:43 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Nov 16, 10:13 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Nov 16, 10:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 64 min |
| Nov 16, 11:17 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Nov 16, 11:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 58 min |
| Nov 16, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 66 min |
| Nov 16, 12:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Saint Landry | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 1:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| Nov 16, 1:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 23 min |
| Nov 16, 2:15 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 45 min | |
| Nov 16, 2:57 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 47 hr | |
| Nov 16, 3:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vermilion | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 66 min |
| Nov 16, 4:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Nov 16, 5:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 54 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.