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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 1, 2016Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2016, 3:34 AM CDT for Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
May 1, 2016, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 4:00 AM CDTHAIL 1.754 Nw Scott, LAREPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON LACASSINE ROAD IN LAFAYETTE PARISH.

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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2130 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

018 
WFUS54 KLCH 010834
TORLCH
LAC001-055-010900-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0023.160501T0834Z-160501T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
334 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
    
* AT 333 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER RAYNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  DUSON AROUND 350 AM CDT. 
  CHURCH POINT...MIRE AND BRANCH AROUND 400 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 3014 9227 3026 9242 3046 9227 3038 9217
      3035 9218 3035 9216 3032 9216 3032 9214
      3030 9214 3033 9210 3028 9204 3014 9225
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 222DEG 7KT 3025 9229 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 3:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia38 min
May 1, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry44 min
May 1, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry62 min
May 1, 4:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu66 min
May 1, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu39 min
May 1, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin61 min
May 1, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen59 min
May 1, 5:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu61 min
May 1, 5:19 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLCHCameron12 hr
May 1, 5:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHCalcasieu3 hr
May 1, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin39 min
May 1, 5:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVernon49 min
May 1, 6:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu51 min
May 1, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Martin28 min
May 1, 6:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis48 min
May 1, 7:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis3 hr
May 1, 7:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin3 hr
May 1, 7:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin4 hr
May 1, 7:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette62 min
May 1, 8:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHCalcasieu118 min
May 1, 8:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin4 days
May 1, 8:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion11 days
May 1, 8:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis3 hr
May 1, 9:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis49 hr
May 1, 9:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu6 days
May 1, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron, Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion91 min
May 1, 10:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, St. Mary and 1 more11 hr
May 1, 11:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis11 hr
May 1, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
May 1, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH35 min
May 1, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis48 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.