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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 4, 2016Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2016, 11:40 AM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 14 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
Jun 4, 2016, 11:40 AM CDT (16:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2016, 11:54 AM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1775 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted.

680 
WFUS54 KLCH 041640
TORLCH
LAC019-023-053-041715-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0025.160604T1640Z-160604T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1140 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
    
* AT 1140 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SWEET LAKE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND
  LAKE...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...
  HACKETTS CORNER AROUND 1145 AM CDT. 
  HOLMWOOD AROUND 1200 PM CDT. 
  HAYES AROUND 1210 PM CDT. 
  IOWA AND LEBLEU SETTLEMENT AROUND 1215 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BELL
CITY.

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.

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 2993 9324 2996 9326 3031 9312 3019 9284
      2986 9308
TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 205DEG 26KT 2997 9314 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
123 
WWUS54 KLCH 041654
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1154 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016

LAC019-023-053-041702-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160604T1715Z/
CAMERON LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-CALCASIEU LA-
1154 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON...SOUTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE ROTATION IN THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING
HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2993 9324 2996 9326 3031 9312 3019 9284
      2986 9308
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 205DEG 26KT 3005 9310 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 4:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH33 min
Jun 4, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH117 min
Jun 4, 8:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
Jun 4, 9:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Jun 4, 10:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH65 min
Jun 4, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAssumption45 min
Jun 4, 11:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu118 min
Jun 4, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu, Cameron50 min
Jun 4, 11:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Jun 4, 11:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion46 min
Jun 4, 12:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHLafayette, Saint Martin39 min
Jun 4, 12:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary3 hr
Jun 4, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Allen, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry46 min
Jun 4, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
Jun 4, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides54 min
Jun 4, 1:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion2 hr
Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion46 hr
Jun 4, 3:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHAcadia, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more3 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.