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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 27, 2014Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2014, 10:10 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 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
Jun 27, 2014, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cameron Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2014-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 986 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 2014-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
986 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
357 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

634 
WFUS54 KLCH 271510
TORLCH
LAC023-271600-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0004.140627T1510Z-140627T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1010 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 1005 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER THE WILDLIFE REFUGE AREA.

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 2994 9378 3005 9352 3005 9351 2987 9341
      2986 9343 2977 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 246DEG 15KT 2988 9370

$$

07
1 follow-up statement
104 
WWUS54 KLCH 271527
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1027 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

LAC023-271600-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140627T1600Z/
CAMERON LA-
1027 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISH...

AT 1024 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR.  THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE...OR NEAR THE U.S. ENERGY'S STRATEGIC 
PETROLEUM RESERVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER THE WILDLIFE REFUGE AREA AND NEAR THE 
WEST SIDE OF HACKBERRY BY 11 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2994 9378 3005 9352 3005 9351 2987 9341
      2986 9343 2977 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 245DEG 17KT 2992 9363

$$

RUA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHSaint Landry54 min
Jun 27, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron62 min
Jun 27, 11:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH40 min
Jun 27, 11:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHCalcasieu112 min
Jun 27, 11:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH37 min
Jun 27, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron63 min
Jun 27, 12:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH26 min
Jun 27, 12:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu4 hr
Jun 27, 1:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more9 hr
Jun 27, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson Davis42 min
Jun 27, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH51 min
Jun 27, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis60 min
Jun 27, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH56 min
Jun 27, 2:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis38 min
Jun 27, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis60 min
Jun 27, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson Davis38 min
Jun 27, 3:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis94 min
Jun 27, 4:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu6 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.