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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 31, 2015Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2015, 7:28 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 17 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 31, 2015, 7:28 AM CDT (12:28 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2015, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 31, 7:41 AM CDT	TORNADO 1	7 Wnw Sugartown, LA	NWS STORM SURVEY FINDS AN EF1 TORNADO PRODUCED DAMAGE TO TREES AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS NEAR CRAVENS.
Oct 31, 7:45 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nw Sugartown, LA	PHOTO OF LARGE HEALTHY PINE TREE SNAPPED IN COLE CENTRAL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 31, 6:54 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 441 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 556 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.0
Supercell composite: 15.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

372 
WFUS54 KLCH 311228
TORLCH
LAC011-115-311300-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0021.151031T1228Z-151031T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
728 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTHERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT
    
* AT 728 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MERRYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TULLA AROUND 745 AM CDT.
  DE RIDDER AROUND 750 AM CDT.
  ROSEPINE AND DERIDDER AROUND 755 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PICKERING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3060 9346 3073 9360 3106 9326 3086 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1228Z 228DEG 33KT 3073 9346 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TINGLER

1 follow-up statement

025 
WWUS54 KLCH 311245
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
745 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

LAC011-115-311254-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-151031T1300Z/
VERNON LA-BEAUREGARD LA-
745 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERNON AND NORTHERN
BEAUREGARD PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS. THEREFORE 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3060 9346 3073 9360 3106 9326 3086 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1241Z 228DEG 33KT 3083 9333 

$$

TINGLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 9:45 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LCH		9 hr
Oct 30, 9:45 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		18 hr
Oct 31, 6:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	10 days
Oct 31, 6:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	32 min
Oct 31, 7:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	6 hr
Oct 31, 7:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	44 min
Oct 31, 7:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	5 hr
Oct 31, 8:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	5 hr
Oct 31, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	45 min
Oct 31, 8:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	40 min
Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	14 days
Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	15 days
Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Vernon	5 days
Oct 31, 8:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	44 min
Oct 31, 8:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	28 min
Oct 31, 9:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	49 min
Oct 31, 9:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard	27 min
Oct 31, 9:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	3 hr
Oct 31, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	42 min
Oct 31, 9:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	50 min
Oct 31, 10:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	30 min
Oct 31, 10:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more	37 min
Oct 31, 10:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LCH	Rapides	22 min
Oct 31, 10:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	67 min
Oct 31, 11:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	90 min
Oct 31, 11:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry	59 min
Oct 31, 11:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	88 min
Oct 31, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Cameron	38 min
Oct 31, 11:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	5 days
Oct 31, 11:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	16 days
Oct 31, 11:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry	46 min
Oct 31, 12:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Rapides, Vernon	6 hr
Oct 31, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	35 min
Oct 31, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		27 min
Oct 31, 1:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	115 min
Oct 31, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	43 min
Oct 31, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		36 min
Oct 31, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		43 min
Oct 31, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		55 min
Oct 31, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
Oct 31, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		62 min
Oct 31, 6:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon	24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.