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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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.
- 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
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
$$
131 follow-up statement
123
WWUS54 KLCH 041654
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1154 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
LAC019-023-053-041702-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160604T1715Z/
CAMERON LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-CALCASIEU LA-
1154 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON...SOUTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
THE ROTATION IN THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING
HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2993 9324 2996 9326 3031 9312 3019 9284
2986 9308
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 205DEG 26KT 3005 9310
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 33 min | |
| Jun 4, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 117 min | |
| Jun 4, 8:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Jun 4, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 61 min | |
| Jun 4, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 65 min | |
| Jun 4, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Assumption | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 11:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 118 min |
| Jun 4, 11:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 11:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 64 min | |
| Jun 4, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 12:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Jun 4, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 1:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 46 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Acadia, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin and 1 more | 3 hr |
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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.