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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 23, 2014Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2014, 9:29 AM CST for Lafayette Parish, Saint Martin Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 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
Dec 23, 2014, 9:29 AM CST (15:29 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2014, 10:15 AM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 23, 9:35 AM CSTHAIL 0.251 N Lafayette, LA

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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

057 
WFUS54 KLCH 231529
TORLCH
LAC055-099-113-231615-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0013.141223T1529Z-141223T1615Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES LAFAYETTE...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES...ST. MARTINVILLE...CATAHOULA...BREAUX BRIDGE...
  NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

* AT 927 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF YOUNGSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  CADE...BROUSSARD...CECILIA...HENDERSON AND BUTTE LA ROSE

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3006 9189 3007 9191 3007 9195 3000 9198
      2998 9200 2997 9199 2995 9201 3002 9212
      3041 9197 3039 9194 3040 9192 3027 9164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 218DEG 53KT 3003 9202

$$

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, 9:06 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion24 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, 9:40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.