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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2020, 3:37 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 23 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, 2020, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Vernon Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted.
343
WFUS54 KLCH 262037
TORLCH
LAC115-262100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0047.200826T2037Z-200826T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
Issued by National Weather Service Brownsville TX
337 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2020
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Vernon Parish in west central Louisiana...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 337 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located OVER Fullerton, or NEAR Pitkin, moving northwest at 40
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...
Fullerton and Cravens around 340 PM CDT.
Leesville, Slagle, Fort Polk and New Llano around 400 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Pickering.
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 3102 9283 3097 9282 3088 9291 3088 9296
3108 9335 3129 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 128DEG 35KT 3098 9294
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
Hallman1 follow-up statement
876
WWUS54 KLCH 262053
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
Issued by National Weather Service Brownsville TX
353 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2020
LAC115-262102-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-200826T2100Z/
Vernon LA-
353 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN VERNON PARISH WILL EXPIRE AT 400
PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for central and
west central Louisiana.
LAT...LON 3102 9283 3097 9282 3088 9291 3088 9296
3108 9335 3129 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 128DEG 35KT 3107 9307
$$
HallmanThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Aug 26, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 70 min |
| Aug 26, 11:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron, Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion | 61 min |
| Aug 26, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 91 min |
| Aug 26, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Mary, Vermilion | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 20 min |
| Aug 26, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 14 min |
| Aug 26, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 19 min |
| Aug 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 18 min |
| Aug 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 25 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.