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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2014, 10:29 AM CST for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 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, 10:29 AM CST (16:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
365 WFUS54 KLCH 231629 TORLCH LAC003-011-231700- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0014.141223T1629Z-141223T1700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1029 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES MITTIE... EAST CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES DRY CREEK... * UNTIL 1100 AM CST * AT 1025 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF DRY CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARMONY AND GRANT 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 3088 9288 3053 9279 3059 9318 3070 9321 TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 237DEG 32KT 3067 9315 $$ 27
3 follow-up statements
838 WWUS54 KLCH 231636 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1036 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 LAC003-011-231700- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-141223T1700Z/ BEAUREGARD LA-ALLEN LA- 1036 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR CENTRAL ALLEN AND EAST CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISHES... AT 1034 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO ON RADAR. THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DRY CREEK..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BUNDICK LAKE...HARMONY...MITTIE AND GRANT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3059 9281 3060 9315 3072 9317 3088 9288 TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 237DEG 32KT 3069 9308 $$ BRAZZELL
178
WWUS54 KLCH 231643
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1043 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
LAC003-011-231700-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-141223T1700Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-ALLEN LA-
1043 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
ALLEN AND EAST CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISHES...
AT 1042 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR. THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DRY
CREEK..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MITTIE
AND GRANT
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3063 9307 3077 9307 3088 9288 3059 9281
3059 9284
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 230DEG 34KT 3075 9302
$$
BRAZZELL968
WWUS54 KLCH 231658
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1058 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
LAC003-011-231707-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-141223T1700Z/
BEAUREGARD LA-ALLEN LA-
1058 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ALLEN AND EAST CENTRAL BEAUREGARD
PARISHES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM CST...
THE STORM HAS WEAKEND AND THE THREAT OF A TORNADO HAS DIMINISHED. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ANOTHER 15 MINUTES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3063 9307 3077 9307 3088 9288 3059 9281
3059 9284
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 230DEG 34KT 3082 9290
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 1:07 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 11 hr | |
| Dec 23, 2:33 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 33 min |
| Dec 23, 8:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 64 min |
| Dec 23, 9:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 24 min |
| Dec 23, 9:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 45 min |
| Dec 23, 9:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 45 min |
| Dec 23, 9:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 9:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 9:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 65 min |
| Dec 23, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 38 min |
| Dec 23, 9:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu | 51 min |
| Dec 23, 10:02 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 58 min | |
| Dec 23, 10:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 64 min |
| Dec 23, 10:12 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 32 hr | |
| Dec 23, 10:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 50 min |
| Dec 23, 10:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 59 min |
| Dec 23, 10:43 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Dec 23, 10:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 62 min |
| Dec 23, 11:08 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 67 min |
| Dec 23, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Rapides | 45 min |
| Dec 23, 11:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 50 min |
| Dec 23, 11:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 11:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 11:44 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 2 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:44 AM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 18 hr | |
| Dec 23, 11:44 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 30 hr | |
| Dec 23, 11:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 20 min |
| Dec 23, 12:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia | 58 min |
| Dec 23, 12:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 12:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 12:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 40 min |
| Dec 23, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 1:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 31 min |
| Dec 23, 1:40 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 110 min |
| Dec 23, 3:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 24 min |
| Dec 23, 3:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 29 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:20 PM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 22 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.