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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Sep 23, 2020, 2:58 PM CDT for Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 17 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, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2020, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 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), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
758
WFUS54 KLCH 231958
TORLCH
LAC009-232015-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0073.200923T1958Z-200923T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
258 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Avoyelles Parish in central Louisiana...
* Until 315 PM CDT.
* At 257 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bordelonville, 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...
Bordelonville around 305 PM CDT.
Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge around 315 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 3128 9187 3126 9185 3127 9184 3123 9179
3122 9176 3120 9174 3120 9172 3099 9183
3100 9193 3123 9194 3124 9192 3124 9194
3128 9194 3130 9191
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 189DEG 21KT 3105 9189
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
241 follow-up statement
620
WWUS54 KLCH 232008
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
308 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020
LAC009-232015-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-200923T2015Z/
Avoyelles LA-
308 PM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN AVOYELLES PARISH...
At 307 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Bordelonville, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge around 325 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile
home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and
protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3128 9187 3126 9185 3127 9184 3123 9179
3122 9176 3120 9174 3120 9172 3105 9181
3106 9192 3123 9194 3124 9192 3124 9194
3128 9194 3130 9191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 189DEG 21KT 3111 9188
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
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, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 25 min |
| 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, 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.