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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2014, 3:19 PM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 17 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
- Jul 24, 2014, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2014, 3:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
250 WFUS54 KLCH 242019 TORLCH LAC023-242045- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0008.140724T2019Z-140724T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 319 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES GRAND CHENIER... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES EAST OF GRAND CHENIER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED PARISH. 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 2979 9310 2999 9298 2982 9275 2974 9281 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 120DEG 7KT 2981 9287 $$ 23
1 follow-up statement
775 WWUS54 KLCH 242036 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 336 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2014 LAC023-242045- /O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140724T2045Z/ CAMERON LA- 336 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CAMERON PARISH IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A THREAT. LAT...LON 2979 9310 2999 9298 2982 9275 2974 9281 TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 120DEG 7KT 2983 9290 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Jul 23, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 32 min | |
| Jul 23, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 54 min |
| Jul 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 32 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.