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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 10, 2021Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2021, 2:11 AM CDT for Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 34 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 10, 2021, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2021, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Saint Landry Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 9, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 10, 12:16 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 2773 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 7.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

733 
WFUS54 KLCH 100711
TORLCH
LAC097-100745-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0014.210410T0711Z-210410T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
211 AM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern St. Landry Parish in central Louisiana...

* Until 245 AM CDT.
    
* At 210 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Palmetto, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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...
  Bayou Current around 225 AM CDT.
  Melville around 230 AM 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 3066 9175 3065 9175 3061 9197 3073 9203
      3085 9182 3084 9180 3081 9181 3078 9177
      3076 9175 3074 9176 3071 9173 3068 9174
      3067 9173
TIME...MOT...LOC 0710Z 243DEG 31KT 3069 9192 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

K. Kuyper

1 follow-up statement

149 
WWUS54 KLCH 100723
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
223 AM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021

LAC097-100745-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210410T0745Z/
St. Landry LA-
223 AM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH...
    
At 223 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Bayou Current, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern St. Landry Parish.

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 3066 9175 3065 9175 3067 9187 3078 9195
      3085 9182 3084 9180 3081 9181 3078 9177
      3076 9175 3074 9176 3071 9173 3068 9174
      3067 9173
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 243DEG 31KT 3074 9180 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

K. Kuyper

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	82 min
Apr 9, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Rapides	81 min
Apr 10, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	47 min
Apr 10, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vernon	38 min
Apr 10, 12:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	22 min
Apr 10, 1:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	35 min
Apr 10, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	47 min
Apr 10, 1:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	23 min
Apr 10, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	41 min
Apr 10, 1:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Saint Landry	18 min
Apr 10, 1:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Saint Landry	33 min
Apr 10, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	49 min
Apr 10, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	62 min
Apr 10, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu	60 min
Apr 10, 6:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	29 min
Apr 10, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion	40 min
Apr 10, 6:51 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		54 min
Apr 10, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Vermilion	50 min
Apr 10, 10:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	St. Mary	31 min
Apr 10, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	St. Mary	12 min
Apr 10, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	3 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.