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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 20, 2017, 8:56 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 21 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 20, 2017, 8:56 PM CST (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2017, 9:17 PM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 7:32 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
170
WFUS54 KLCH 210256
TORLCH
LAC011-019-210330-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0008.170121T0256Z-170121T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
856 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2017
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
Northwestern Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
* Until 930 PM CST
* At 856 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Starks, moving northeast at 45 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...
Lunita around 905 PM CST.
De Quincy, Dequincy, Oretta and Buhler around 920 PM CST.
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 3037 9376 3055 9343 3028 9332 3020 9370
3023 9371 3029 9371 3030 9374 3036 9376
3036 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 243DEG 37KT 3032 9367
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
241 follow-up statement
634
WWUS54 KLCH 210317
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
917 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2017
LAC011-019-210327-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170121T0330Z/
Beauregard LA-Calcasieu LA-
917 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEAUREGARD AND NORTHWESTERN
CALCASIEU PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 200 AM CST for southwestern
Louisiana...and southeastern Texas.
LAT...LON 3037 9376 3055 9343 3028 9332 3020 9370
3023 9371 3029 9371 3030 9374 3036 9376
3036 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 243DEG 37KT 3042 9344
$$
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 42 min |
| Jan 20, 8:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 28 min |
| Jan 20, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 23 min |
| Jan 20, 9:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 37 min |
| Jan 20, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 25 min |
| Jan 20, 10:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 24 min |
| Jan 20, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Jan 20, 10:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| Jan 20, 10:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 28 min |
| Jan 20, 10:50 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Jan 20, 10:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 31 min |
| Jan 20, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 25 min |
| Jan 20, 11:09 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Jan 20, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 20 min |
| Jan 20, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 32 min |
| Jan 20, 11:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 28 min |
| Jan 20, 11:35 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 115 min |
| Jan 20, 11:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 8 min |
| Jan 20, 11:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 19 min |
| Jan 21, 12:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 12:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 12:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 67 min |
| Jan 21, 1:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 68 min |
| Jan 21, 1:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 56 min |
| Jan 21, 1:45 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline, Rapides | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 2:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 2:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 3:19 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 4 days |
| Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 7 days |
| Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 5 days |
| Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 5 days |
| Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 57 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:26 AM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 45 hr | |
| Jan 21, 9:26 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 54 hr | |
| Jan 21, 1:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:45 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 45 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:35 PM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 18 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.