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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 27, 2014Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2014, 2:52 PM CDT for Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 38 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, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 40 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.

670 
WFUS54 KLCH 271952
TORLCH
LAC053-272030-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0007.140627T1952Z-140627T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES WELSH...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 249 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WELSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE
  ISLAND

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 3010 9282 3015 9289 3016 9290 3016 9291
      3018 9294 3040 9280 3029 9262 3028 9262
      3026 9263
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 217DEG 17KT 3017 9286

$$

RUA
1 follow-up statement
945 
WWUS54 KLCH 272013
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
313 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

LAC053-272030-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140627T2030Z/
JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
313 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH...

AT 308 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO ON RADAR.  THIS RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
WELSH..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROANOKE
AND PINE ISLAND

ALTHOUGH THE ROTATION ON THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED...IT MAY BE 
RE-CYCLING AGAIN AND THE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3022 9286 3024 9290 3040 9280 3029 9262
      3028 9263 3028 9262 3026 9263 3018 9273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 217DEG 17KT 3024 9279

$$

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, 10:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron50 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, 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.