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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2014, 3:40 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 35 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 27, 2014, 3:40 PM CST (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2014, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
520
WFUS54 KLCH 272140
TORLCH
LAC079-115-272215-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0015.141227T2140Z-141227T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
340 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...SLAGLE...LEESVILLE...ANACOCO...
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 337 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
LEESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KURTHWOOD...HUTTON...CLIFTON AND FLATWOODS
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 3130 9272 3104 9340 3120 9350 3137 9323
3137 9303 3135 9295 3137 9294 3137 9292
3139 9292 3144 9284 3144 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 235DEG 50KT 3118 9334
$$
TINGLER3 follow-up statements
514
WWUS54 KLCH 272155
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
355 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2014
LAC079-115-272215-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-141227T2215Z/
RAPIDES LA-VERNON LA-
355 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
VERNON AND NORTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISHES...
AT 353 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR. THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF LEESVILLE..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SLAGLE...KURTHWOOD...HUTTON...CLIFTON...SIMPSON AND FLATWOODS
LAT...LON 3130 9272 3111 9329 3120 9336 3137 9323
3137 9303 3135 9295 3137 9294 3137 9292
3139 9292 3144 9284 3144 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 241DEG 32KT 3121 9326
$$
TINGLER626
WWUS54 KLCH 272208
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
408 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2014
LAC079-115-272215-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-141227T2215Z/
RAPIDES LA-VERNON LA-
408 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISHES...
AT 407 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR. THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
SLAGLE..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KURTHWOOD...HUTTON...CLIFTON...SIMPSON AND FLATWOODS
LAT...LON 3130 9272 3117 9319 3126 9325 3136 9315
3137 9303 3135 9295 3137 9294 3137 9292
3139 9292 3144 9284 3144 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 243DEG 26KT 3125 9317
$$
TINGLER594
WWUS54 KLCH 272216
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
416 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2014
LAC079-115-272226-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-141227T2215Z/
RAPIDES LA-VERNON LA-
416 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTHWESTERN
RAPIDES PARISHES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 3130 9272 3117 9319 3126 9325 3136 9315
3137 9303 3135 9295 3137 9294 3137 9292
3139 9292 3144 9284 3144 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 243DEG 26KT 3125 9318
$$
TINGLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 5:50 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Dec 27, 8:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | St. Mary | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 22 min |
| Dec 27, 11:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 25 min |
| Dec 27, 3:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.