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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 9, 2016Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2016, 12:49 AM CST for Saint Martin 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 9, 2016, 12:49 AM CST (06:49 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2016, 1:15 AM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Saint Martin 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
Jan 8, 10:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 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.

542 
WFUS54 KLCH 090649
TORLCH
LAC099-090715-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0006.160109T0649Z-160109T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1249 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 115 AM CST
    
* AT 1249 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CATAHOULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  BUTTE LA ROSE AND LAKE PELBA AROUND 100 AM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE PARKS.

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 3012 9179 3027 9190 3039 9171 3040 9168
      3040 9169 3041 9168 3044 9164 3039 9162
      3036 9165 3035 9163 3031 9162 3028 9159
      3026 9159 3024 9156 3024 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 237DEG 30KT 3024 9177 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$
TINGLER

2 follow-up statements

945 
WWUS54 KLCH 090703
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
103 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016

LAC099-090715-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160109T0715Z/
ST. MARTIN LA-
103 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH...
    
AT 103 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BUTTE LA ROSE...OR NEAR CATAHOULA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH.

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 3021 9172 3030 9175 3034 9170 3039 9162
      3036 9165 3035 9163 3031 9162 3028 9159
      3026 9159 3024 9156 3024 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 246DEG 32KT 3029 9164 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

TINGLER

834 
WWUS54 KLCH 090716
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
116 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016

LAC099-090725-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160109T0715Z/
ST. MARTIN LA-
116 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH HAS
EXPIRED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

LAT...LON 3021 9172 3030 9175 3034 9170 3039 9162
      3036 9165 3035 9163 3031 9162 3028 9159
      3026 9159 3024 9156 3024 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0712Z 237DEG 30KT 3029 9164 

$$

TINGLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 8, 7:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	33 min
Jan 8, 7:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis	60 min
Jan 8, 7:56 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		64 min
Jan 8, 8:11 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	3 hr
Jan 8, 8:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	26 min
Jan 8, 8:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline	33 min
Jan 8, 8:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	35 min
Jan 8, 8:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	30 min
Jan 8, 9:02 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		58 min
Jan 8, 9:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon	28 min
Jan 8, 9:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	26 min
Jan 8, 9:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	29 min
Jan 8, 9:50 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		55 min
Jan 8, 9:54 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		36 min
Jan 8, 10:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	30 min
Jan 8, 10:01 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		29 min
Jan 8, 10:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	59 min
Jan 8, 10:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	25 min
Jan 8, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Rapides	30 min
Jan 8, 10:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	23 min
Jan 8, 10:26 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		64 min
Jan 8, 10:29 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		61 min
Jan 8, 10:45 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Jan 8, 10:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry	65 min
Jan 8, 10:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	48 min
Jan 8, 11:14 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		31 min
Jan 8, 11:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	21 min
Jan 8, 11:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis	23 min
Jan 8, 11:45 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Jan 9, 12:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin	44 min
Jan 9, 12:19 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		86 min
Jan 9, 12:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	48 min
Jan 9, 12:54 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion	3 hr
Jan 9, 12:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	46 min
Jan 9, 1:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	38 min
Jan 9, 1:44 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		2 hr
Jan 9, 1:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin	44 min
Jan 9, 2:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary	47 min
Jan 9, 3:47 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		88 min
Jan 9, 9:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	3 days
Jan 9, 9:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	26 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.