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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 6, 2019Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2019, 8:59 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 46 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: Apr 6, 2019, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2019, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Rapides Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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 nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 2329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 6.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

967 
WFUS54 KLCH 070159
TORLCH
LAC079-070245-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0003.190407T0159Z-190407T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
859 PM CDT Sat Apr 6 2019

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Rapides Parish in central Louisiana...

* Until 945 PM CDT.
    
* At 859 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Gardner, or 7 miles northeast of Hineston, moving
  northeast at 25 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...
  Alexandria, Boyce and Alexandria International Airport around 920 
  PM CDT.
  Timber Trails, Tioga, Paradise and Kingsville around 940 PM CDT.
  Ball around 945 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3146 9225 3115 9265 3124 9281 3140 9269
      3140 9267 3139 9266 3139 9263 3146 9231
      3147 9226
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 218DEG 23KT 3123 9268 

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

$$

MM

2 follow-up statements

413 
WWUS54 KLCH 070223
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
923 PM CDT Sat Apr 6 2019

LAC079-070245-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190407T0245Z/
Rapides LA-
923 PM CDT Sat Apr 6 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH...
    
At 922 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Alexandria International Airport, moving northeast
at 25 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...
  Alexandria and Alexandria International Airport around 925 PM CDT.
  Ball, Timber Trails, Tioga, Paradise and Kingsville around 945 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3121 9258 3130 9269 3139 9264 3139 9263
      3145 9235 3146 9225 3145 9228
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 223DEG 21KT 3131 9257 

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

$$

MM

239 
WWUS54 KLCH 070245
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
945 PM CDT Sat Apr 6 2019

LAC079-070255-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190407T0245Z/
Rapides LA-
945 PM CDT Sat Apr 6 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH HAS
EXPIRED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3121 9258 3130 9269 3139 9264 3139 9263
      3145 9235 3146 9225 3145 9228
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 218DEG 23KT 3143 9246 

$$

MM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	43 min
Apr 6, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	46 min
Apr 6, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides	25 min
Apr 7, 4:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more	15 hr
Apr 7, 10:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	19 days
Apr 7, 10:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Allen	21 days
Apr 7, 10:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	5 days
Apr 7, 1:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	19 min
Apr 7, 1:17 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		88 min
Apr 7, 1:43 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH	Cameron	2 hr
Apr 7, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline	42 min
Apr 7, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	48 min
Apr 7, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron	65 min
Apr 7, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	41 min
Apr 7, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		90 min
Apr 7, 2:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	28 min
Apr 7, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	26 min
Apr 7, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	49 min
Apr 7, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	41 min
Apr 7, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Allen, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	47 min
Apr 7, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	31 min
Apr 7, 3:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Rapides	2 hr
Apr 7, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	43 min
Apr 7, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Evangeline	45 min
Apr 7, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	24 min
Apr 7, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	21 min
Apr 7, 5:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	3 hr
Apr 7, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Avoyelles	43 min
Apr 7, 6:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	4 days
Apr 7, 6:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion	5 days

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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.