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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 21, 2015, 4:56 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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
- Dec 21, 2015, 4:56 PM CST (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2015, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Rapides Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 5:23 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 3 N Union Hill, LA | *** 1 INJ *** NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS AN EF1 TORNADO NEAR CALCASIEU. ONE MAN WAS INJURED WHEN THE TORNADO FLIPPED THE TRAVEL TRAILER WHILE HE WAS INSIDE. |
| Dec 21, 5:28 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Calcasieu, LA | *** 1 INJ *** ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS INJURED IN A CAMPING TRAILER NEAR CALCASIEU |
| Dec 21, 5:28 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Calcasieu, LA | REPORTS OF TREES DOWN NEAR CALCASIEU...POSSIBLY FROM A TORNADO...CLECO POWER REPORTING OUTAGES IN THE AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
284
WFUS54 KLCH 212256
TORLCH
LAC079-115-212330-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0027.151221T2256Z-151221T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
456 PM CST MON DEC 21 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 455 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER PITKIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN VERNON AND SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISHES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CALCASIEU AND UNION HILL.
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 3089 9298 3101 9303 3113 9268 3096 9262
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 254DEG 22KT 3095 9292
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
RUA1 follow-up statement
330
WWUS54 KLCH 212315
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
515 PM CST MON DEC 21 2015
LAC115-212324-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-151221T2330Z/
VERNON LA-
515 PM CST MON DEC 21 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3092 9281 3108 9282 3108 9281 3113 9268
3096 9262
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 243DEG 23KT 3101 9279
$$
LAC079-212330-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-151221T2330Z/
RAPIDES LA-
515 PM CST MON DEC 21 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISH...
AT 514 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF HINESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALCASIEU AND UNION HILL.
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 3092 9281 3108 9282 3108 9281 3113 9268
3096 9262
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 243DEG 23KT 3101 9279
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RUAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.