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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 2021, 11:19 AM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 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 27, 2021, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2021, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Rapides Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 7:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted.
877
WUUS54 KLCH 271619
SVRLCH
LAC079-271645-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0112.211027T1619Z-211027T1645Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1119 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Rapides Parish in central Louisiana...
* Until 1145 AM CDT.
* At 1118 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Glenmora,
moving north at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Alexandria International Airport, Elmer, Calcasieu,
Woodworth and Union Hill.
This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 73 and 84.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for central
Louisiana.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for central
Louisiana.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 9268 3092 9278 3136 9264 3127 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 202DEG 39KT 3095 9269
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JonesThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 7:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 38 min | |
| Oct 27, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 25 min | |
| Oct 27, 9:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 24 min |
| Oct 27, 9:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 34 min |
| Oct 27, 10:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 36 min |
| Oct 27, 10:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 36 min |
| Oct 27, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 47 min | |
| Oct 27, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 31 min |
| Oct 27, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more | 60 min |
| Oct 27, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 57 min | |
| Oct 27, 11:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 17 min |
| Oct 27, 11:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 35 min |
| Oct 27, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 4 more | 63 min |
| Oct 27, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Vernon | 17 min |
| Oct 27, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Oct 27, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 34 min |
| Oct 27, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry | 34 min |
| Oct 27, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 3 more | 60 min |
| Oct 27, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 59 min | |
| Oct 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 34 min |
| Oct 27, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 10 min |
| Oct 27, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 53 min | |
| Oct 27, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion | 66 min |
| Oct 27, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion | 60 min |
| Oct 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 60 min | |
| Oct 27, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Iberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary | 61 min |
| Oct 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 39 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.