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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 23, 2021Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2021, 8:29 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 31 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 23, 2021, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Beauregard Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 865 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2021-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 383 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
10.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

914 
WFUS54 KLCH 240129
TORLCH
LAC011-240200-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0019.210424T0129Z-210424T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
829 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana...

* Until 900 PM CDT.
    
* At 829 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Singer, moving east 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...
  Longville around 840 PM CDT.
  Tulla around 845 PM CDT.
  Dry Creek around 900 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bundick Lake.

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 3087 9309 3063 9298 3060 9311 3060 9313
      3059 9313 3050 9348 3067 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 249DEG 36KT 3064 9339 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Stigger/87
2 follow-up statements
015 
WWUS54 KLCH 240145
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
845 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021

LAC011-240200-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210424T0200Z/
Beauregard LA-
845 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH...
    
At 845 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Tulla, or 10 miles west of Dry Creek, moving east 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...
  Dry Creek around 900 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bundick Lake.

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 3087 9309 3063 9298 3060 9311 3060 9313
      3059 9313 3055 9329 3074 9340
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 249DEG 36KT 3070 9321 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Stigger/87
543 
WWUS54 KLCH 240152
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
852 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021

LAC011-240200-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210424T0200Z/
Beauregard LA-
852 PM CDT Fri Apr 23 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH...
    
At 852 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Dry Creek, moving east 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Beauregard Parish, including the following locations...
Bundick Lake.

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 3087 9309 3063 9298 3060 9311 3060 9313
      3059 9313 3057 9319 3078 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 249DEG 36KT 3073 9313 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Stigger/87

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon60 min
Apr 23, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHVernon25 min
Apr 23, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard22 min
Apr 23, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard33 min
Apr 23, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides, Vernon60 min
Apr 23, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides1 min
Apr 23, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHRapides, Vernon34 min
Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen21 days
Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Rapides21 days
Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry40 hr
Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard5 days
Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard4 days
Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis21 days
Apr 23, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis21 days
Apr 23, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides60 min
Apr 23, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon14 min
Apr 23, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Rapides26 min
Apr 23, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Vernon13 min
Apr 23, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline33 min
Apr 23, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry41 min
Apr 23, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry46 min
Apr 23, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis44 min
Apr 23, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHBeauregard33 min
Apr 23, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron17 min
Apr 23, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia34 min
Apr 23, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron, Jefferson Davis25 min
Apr 24, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH61 min
Apr 24, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry54 min
Apr 24, 1:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Apr 24, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron, Vermilion44 min
Apr 24, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron, Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion61 min
Apr 24, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH60 min
Apr 24, 2:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Apr 24, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary53 min
Apr 24, 2:54 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH36 min
Apr 24, 2:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion58 hr
Apr 24, 2:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion21 days

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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.