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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 16, 2014Acadia Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2014, 12:52 PM CST for Acadia Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 38 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: Nov 16, 2014, 12:52 PM CST (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2014, 1:30 PM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 16, 12:55 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 E Branch, LA	TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED AT HWY 365 AND HWY 95.
Nov 16, 12:58 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nw Mire, LA	STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A PORTION OF A SHED BLOWN INTO A NEIGHBORS YARD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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, 6.9 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: 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.

461 
WFUS54 KLCH 161852
TORLCH
LAC001-097-161930-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0011.141116T1852Z-141116T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1252 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...OPELOUSAS...LEONVILLE...ARNAUDVILLE...
  NORTHEASTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES CHURCH POINT...

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 1249 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BRANCH...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SWORDS...CANKTON...LAWTELL...SUNSET...PRAIRIE RONDE...GRAND
  COTEAU...WASHINGTON...PORT BARRE AND LEBEAU

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.

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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3039 9194 3041 9197 3037 9199 3037 9202
      3036 9203 3038 9205 3031 9212 3024 9229
      3038 9242 3079 9200 3051 9174 3049 9176
      3047 9175
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 232DEG 36KT 3038 9226

$$

23

1 follow-up statement

092 
WWUS54 KLCH 161932
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
132 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

LAC001-097-161940-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-141116T1930Z/
ST. LANDRY LA-ACADIA LA-
132 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ACADIA AND ST. LANDRY 
PARISHES HAS EXPIRED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT 
FOR SOUTHEAST SAINT LANDRY PARISH AND NORTHWEST SAINT MARTIN PARISH.

LAT...LON 3039 9194 3041 9197 3037 9199 3037 9202
      3036 9203 3038 9205 3031 9212 3024 9229
      3038 9242 3079 9200 3051 9174 3049 9176
      3047 9175
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 232DEG 36KT 3038 9226

$$

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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, 12:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Acadia	41 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.