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Tornado Warning 102, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2017, 4:44 PM CDT for Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 29, 2017, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2017, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Acadia Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 363 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted.
836
WFUS54 KLCH 292144
TORLCH
LAC001-292215-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0102.170829T2144Z-170829T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
444 PM CDT TUE AUG 29 2017
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Acadia Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
* Until 515 PM CDT
* At 443 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Morse, or 7 miles north of Gueydan, moving
northwest at 20 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...
Egan around 505 PM CDT.
Evangeline around 515 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Midland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to 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 3011 9243 3009 9246 3024 9262 3030 9253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 144DEG 18KT 3013 9246
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 41 min | |
| Aug 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 46 min | |
| Aug 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 46 min | |
| Aug 28, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Aug 29, 2:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 9 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 14 min | |
| Aug 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 4:33 PM CDT | Storm Surge Warning | LCH | Cameron | 27 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:00 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 50 hr | |
| Aug 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.