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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 27, 2016Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 7:40 AM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 35 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: Apr 27, 2016, 7:40 AM CDT (12:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2016, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Vernon Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 27, 8:02 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 N Leesville, LA	SPOTTER REPORTS TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Leesville, LA	SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.

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
Apr 27, 4:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 1558 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 4.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

465 
WFUS54 KLCH 271240
TORLCH
LAC115-271315-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0016.160427T1240Z-160427T1315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
740 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 739 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
  TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED NEAR
  ANACOCO...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. 

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  KURTHWOOD AROUND 810 AM CDT. 
  HUTTON AROUND 815 AM CDT. 

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 3132 9299 3110 9331 3120 9345 3137 9333
      3137 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1239Z 220DEG 22KT 3121 9332 

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

$$

TINGLER

2 follow-up statements

703 
WWUS54 KLCH 271258
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
758 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

LAC115-271315-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160427T1315Z/
VERNON LA-
758 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL VERNON PARISH...
    
AT 758 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ANACOCO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  KURTHWOOD AROUND 810 AM CDT. 
  HUTTON AROUND 815 AM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO 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 3132 9299 3116 9327 3123 9334 3137 9323
      3137 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 242DEG 25KT 3124 9324 

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

$$

TINGLER

592 
WWUS54 KLCH 271309
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
809 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

LAC115-271315-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160427T1315Z/
VERNON LA-
809 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL VERNON PARISH...
    
AT 807 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KURTHWOOD...OR NEAR SLAGLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 802 AM DOWNED AND SNAPPED
         TREES WERE REPORTED NEAR LEESVILLE BY SPOTTERS. 

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
NORTH CENTRAL VERNON PARISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO 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 3132 9299 3116 9327 3123 9334 3137 9323
      3137 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 242DEG 25KT 3127 9317 

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

$$

TINGLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	64 hr
Apr 27, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		118 min
Apr 27, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vernon	58 min
Apr 27, 7:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 4 more	59 min
Apr 27, 7:57 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		2 hr
Apr 27, 8:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	16 min
Apr 27, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		87 min
Apr 27, 8:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion	52 min
Apr 27, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	64 min
Apr 27, 9:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion	39 min
Apr 27, 9:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	57 min
Apr 27, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		117 min
Apr 27, 10:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary	50 min
Apr 27, 10:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	48 min
Apr 27, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	66 min
Apr 27, 11:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Assumption	17 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.