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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 23, 2014Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2014, 9:06 AM CST for Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 24 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
Dec 23, 2014, 9:06 AM CST (15:06 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2014, 9:30 AM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:07 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 nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2014-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1168 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 12:00Z on 2014-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

880 
WFUS54 KLCH 231506
TORLCH
LAC001-055-113-231530-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0012.141223T1506Z-141223T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
906 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES RAYNE...
  NORTH CENTRAL VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 857 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LYONS
  POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  INDIAN BAYOU...RIDGE AND DUSON

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 3033 9226 3020 9208 3002 9233 3011 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 218DEG 22KT 3012 9231

$$

K. KUYPER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 1:07 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLCH11 hr
Dec 23, 2:33 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more7 hr
Dec 23, 4:42 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin33 min
Dec 23, 8:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette, Vermilion64 min
Dec 23, 9:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu45 min
Dec 23, 9:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion45 min
Dec 23, 9:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry36 min
Dec 23, 9:29 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion46 min
Dec 23, 9:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Saint Landry65 min
Dec 23, 9:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin38 min
Dec 23, 9:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu51 min
Dec 23, 10:02 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Dec 23, 10:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles64 min
Dec 23, 10:12 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH32 hr
Dec 23, 10:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon50 min
Dec 23, 10:29 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard31 min
Dec 23, 10:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHEvangeline59 min
Dec 23, 10:43 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH62 min
Dec 23, 10:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia62 min
Dec 23, 11:08 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron67 min
Dec 23, 11:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline, Rapides45 min
Dec 23, 11:25 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard50 min
Dec 23, 11:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis46 min
Dec 23, 11:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron36 min
Dec 23, 11:44 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHCalcasieu2 hr
Dec 23, 11:44 AM CSTGale WarningLCH18 hr
Dec 23, 11:44 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH30 hr
Dec 23, 11:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides20 min
Dec 23, 12:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia58 min
Dec 23, 12:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis25 min
Dec 23, 12:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon29 min
Dec 23, 12:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion40 min
Dec 23, 12:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin25 min
Dec 23, 1:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry31 min
Dec 23, 1:40 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin110 min
Dec 23, 3:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin24 min
Dec 23, 3:30 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion29 hr
Dec 23, 5:20 PM CSTLow Water AdvisoryLCH22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.