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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 23, 2020, 2:35 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Sep 23, 2020, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2020, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Avoyelles Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
747
WFUS54 KLCH 231935
TORLCH
LAC009-232000-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0072.200923T1935Z-200923T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
235 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Avoyelles Parish in central Louisiana...
* Until 300 PM CDT.
* At 235 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Dupont, or near Simmesport, 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Simmesport and Moreauville around 245 PM CDT.
Bordelonville and Big Bend around 255 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hamburg.
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 3115 9171 3112 9172 3111 9170 3110 9170
3109 9172 3107 9171 3105 9172 3099 9178
3098 9180 3088 9180 3087 9181 3090 9198
3122 9193
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 199DEG 26KT 3095 9188
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
242 follow-up statements
387
WWUS54 KLCH 231942
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
242 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020
LAC009-232000-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-200923T2000Z/
Avoyelles LA-
242 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN AVOYELLES PARISH...
At 241 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Simmesport, moving north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Bordelonville and Big Bend around 255 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hamburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile
home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and
protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3115 9171 3112 9172 3111 9170 3110 9170
3109 9172 3107 9171 3105 9172 3099 9178
3098 9180 3091 9183 3094 9196 3122 9193
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 198DEG 24KT 3099 9187
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
24313
WWUS54 KLCH 231948
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
248 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020
LAC009-232000-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-200923T2000Z/
Avoyelles LA-
248 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH...
At 248 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Simmesport, moving north 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...
Big Bend around 300 PM CDT.
Bordelonville around 305 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hamburg.
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 3115 9171 3112 9172 3111 9170 3110 9170
3109 9172 3107 9171 3105 9172 3099 9178
3096 9184 3098 9194 3122 9193
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 190DEG 20KT 3101 9188
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 8:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 21 days |
| Sep 23, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Sep 23, 7:21 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 12 hr | |
| Sep 23, 7:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 7 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Iberia, St. Mary | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Rapides | 16 min |
| Sep 23, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 14 min |
| Sep 23, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 15 min |
| Sep 23, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 13 min |
| Sep 23, 2:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 29 days |
| Sep 23, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides | 96 min |
| Sep 23, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 17 min |
| Sep 23, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 6 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.