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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 31, 2018Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2018, 8:44 PM CDT for Beauregard 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: Oct 31, 2018, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2018, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Beauregard Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 31, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 1529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 7.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

728 
WFUS54 KLCH 010144
TORLCH
LAC011-010215-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0028.181101T0144Z-181101T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
844 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana...

* Until 915 PM CDT.
    
* At 844 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Fields, moving northeast 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Oretta around 905 PM CDT.
  Singer around 915 PM CDT.

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3048 9363 3054 9368 3071 9353 3065 9340
      3052 9336
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 239DEG 25KT 3054 9362 

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

$$

TWH

2 follow-up statements

962 
WWUS54 KLCH 010153
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
853 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018

LAC011-010215-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-181101T0215Z/
Beauregard LA-
853 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH...
    
At 853 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bivens, or 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...
  Singer around 915 PM CDT.

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3056 9358 3061 9362 3071 9353 3065 9340
      3058 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 225DEG 24KT 3058 9357 

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

$$

TWH

651 
WWUS54 KLCH 010206
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
906 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018

LAC011-010215-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-181101T0215Z/
Beauregard LA-
906 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH WILL EXPIRE
AT 915 PM CDT...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning will 
expire at 915 PM. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for southwestern
Louisiana.

LAT...LON 3056 9358 3061 9362 3071 9353 3065 9340
      3058 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 238DEG 29KT 3063 9347 

$$

TWH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 31, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	26 min
Oct 31, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	65 min
Oct 31, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	49 min
Oct 31, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	17 min
Oct 31, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	62 min
Oct 31, 10:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	25 min
Oct 31, 11:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	37 min
Oct 31, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	49 min
Oct 31, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides	27 min
Oct 31, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	61 min
Oct 31, 11:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LCH	Rapides	24 min
Oct 31, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	43 min
Oct 31, 11:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	27 min
Oct 31, 11:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	34 min
Oct 31, 11:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	48 min
Nov 1, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry, Vernon	66 min
Nov 1, 12:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Evangeline, Rapides	31 min
Nov 1, 12:16 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		59 min
Nov 1, 12:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	24 min
Nov 1, 12:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	22 min
Nov 1, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	44 min
Nov 1, 12:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	15 min
Nov 1, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry	42 min
Nov 1, 12:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	34 min
Nov 1, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	61 min
Nov 1, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron, Lafayette, Vermilion	52 min
Nov 1, 1:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	12 min
Nov 1, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry	43 min
Nov 1, 1:37 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		83 min
Nov 1, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	45 min
Nov 1, 2:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary	56 min
Nov 1, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Martin, St. Mary	42 min
Nov 1, 3:36 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		54 min
Nov 1, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		85 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.