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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 8, 2016Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 8, 2016, 8:19 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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
Jan 8, 2016, 8:19 PM CST (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 2016, 8:45 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 8, 3:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2016-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1021 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 2016-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
1021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

As transmitted.

270 
WFUS54 KLCH 090219
TORLCH
LAC011-019-090245-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0003.160109T0219Z-160109T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
819 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CST
    
* AT 818 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FIELDS...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...
  FIELDS AROUND 825 PM CST.
  BIVENS AROUND 830 PM CST.
  DE QUINCY AROUND 835 PM CST.
  DEQUINCY AROUND 840 PM CST.
  SINGER AND ORETTA AROUND 845 PM CST.

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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3078 9336 3046 9327 3040 9370 3044 9370
      3045 9371 3046 9370 3050 9371 3051 9371
      3058 9372 3059 9370 3059 9368 3061 9369
      3065 9367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 243DEG 22KT 3050 9362 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 7:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis33 min
Jan 8, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis60 min
Jan 8, 7:56 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Jan 8, 8:11 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHBeauregard, Vernon3 hr
Jan 8, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline33 min
Jan 8, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron35 min
Jan 8, 8:45 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard30 min
Jan 8, 9:02 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH58 min
Jan 8, 9:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon28 min
Jan 8, 9:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron26 min
Jan 8, 9:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon29 min
Jan 8, 9:50 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH55 min
Jan 8, 9:54 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH36 min
Jan 8, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu30 min
Jan 8, 10:01 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH29 min
Jan 8, 10:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu, Cameron59 min
Jan 8, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron25 min
Jan 8, 10:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline, Rapides30 min
Jan 8, 10:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron23 min
Jan 8, 10:26 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Jan 8, 10:29 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Jan 8, 10:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
Jan 8, 10:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry65 min
Jan 8, 10:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion48 min
Jan 8, 11:14 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH31 min
Jan 8, 11:25 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAvoyelles21 min
Jan 8, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis23 min
Jan 8, 11:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
Jan 9, 12:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Martin44 min
Jan 9, 12:19 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH86 min
Jan 9, 12:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion48 min
Jan 9, 12:49 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHSaint Martin26 min
Jan 9, 12:54 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHIberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion3 hr
Jan 9, 12:59 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu46 min
Jan 9, 1:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion38 min
Jan 9, 1:44 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH2 hr
Jan 9, 1:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia, Saint Martin44 min
Jan 9, 2:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHIberia, St. Mary47 min
Jan 9, 3:47 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningLCH88 min
Jan 9, 9:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard3 days
Jan 9, 9:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHCalcasieu26 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.