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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 16, 2014Acadia Parish, Louisiana

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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 16, 12:24 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 N Crowley, LA911 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2014-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 137 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2014-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 452 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 4:30 AM CSTGale WarningLCH34 hr
Nov 16, 4:30 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH23 hr
Nov 16, 6:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen23 min
Nov 16, 9:07 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH53 min
Nov 16, 9:43 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH62 min
Nov 16, 10:13 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH62 min
Nov 16, 10:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis64 min
Nov 16, 11:17 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Nov 16, 11:47 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia58 min
Nov 16, 12:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette66 min
Nov 16, 12:52 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Saint Landry38 min
Nov 16, 1:03 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
Nov 16, 1:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin23 min
Nov 16, 2:15 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH45 min
Nov 16, 2:57 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH47 hr
Nov 16, 3:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion38 min
Nov 16, 4:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVermilion66 min
Nov 16, 4:14 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Nov 16, 5:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin54 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.