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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2017, 12:34 PM CDT for 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
- Aug 26, 2017, 12:34 PM CDT (17:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Calcasieu Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 2221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted.
686
WFUS54 KLCH 261734
TORLCH
LAC019-261800-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0048.170826T1734Z-170826T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1234 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
* Until 100 PM CDT
* At 1234 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 7 miles north of Hackberry, or 9 miles west of
Grand Lake, moving north 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Vinton and Edgerly.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3032 9365 3037 9341 3005 9335 3005 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 162DEG 25KT 3007 9342
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
Jones1 follow-up statement
435
WWUS54 KLCH 261745
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1245 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
LAC019-261800-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-170826T1800Z/
Calcasieu LA-
1245 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH...
At 1244 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Carlyss, or 8
miles southwest of Sulphur, moving north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Vinton and Edgerly.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3032 9365 3037 9341 3005 9335 3005 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 162DEG 25KT 3014 9345
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JonesThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 41 min | |
| Aug 25, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 53 min | |
| Aug 26, 10:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 12 days |
| Aug 26, 1:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 27 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.