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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 4, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Cameron Parish, LA
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
874
WFUS54 KLCH 042130
TORLCH
LAC023-042200-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0053.210604T2130Z-210604T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
430 PM CDT Fri Jun 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Cameron Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 430 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Holly Beach, or 7 miles east of Johnsons Bayou,
and moving north at 5 to 10 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
central Cameron 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2986 9360 2987 9345 2977 9349 2976 9356
2977 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 169DEG 3KT 2978 9353
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
25The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 16 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:05 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 1 more | 57 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 59 min | |
| Jun 4, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 47 min | |
| Jun 4, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 20 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.