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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 27, 2016Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2016, 8:14 AM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 16 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: Apr 27, 2016, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2016, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Vernon Parish, LA

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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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

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The text

As transmitted.

371 
WFUS54 KLCH 271314
TORLCH
LAC115-271330-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0017.160427T1314Z-160427T1330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
    
* AT 814 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER KURTHWOOD...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF SLAGLE...
  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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HUTTON AROUND 830 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 3136 9303 3136 9299 3134 9298 3134 9297
      3122 9318 3130 9326 3137 9322 3137 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 1314Z 223DEG 24KT 3132 9318 

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

$$

TINGLER

1 follow-up statement

066 
WWUS54 KLCH 271323
SVSLCH

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

LAC115-271332-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160427T1330Z/
VERNON LA-
823 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL VERNON PARISH WILL EXPIRE AT
830 AM CDT...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3136 9303 3136 9299 3134 9298 3134 9297
      3122 9318 3130 9326 3137 9322 3137 9303
TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 223DEG 24KT 3132 9318 

$$

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, 7:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	35 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, 8:33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.