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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 4, 2021Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2021, 6:49 PM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2021, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Cameron Parish, LA

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 6:58 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 E Hackberry, LA	SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO OF LOWERING WALL CLOUD/FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THE SHIP CHANNEL/CALCASIEU LAKE AREA EAST OF HACKBERRY. UNCERTAIN FROM THE VIDEO IF THERE WAS A SURFACE TOUCHDOWN FOR A LANDSPOUT/WATERSPOUT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 26 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

914 
WFUS54 KLCH 042349
TORLCH
LAC023-050015-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0055.210604T2349Z-210605T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
649 PM CDT Fri Jun 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Cameron Parish in southwestern Louisiana...

* Until 715 PM CDT.
    
* At 649 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Heberts Marina, or 7 miles southwest of Grand
  Lake, moving northeast at 5 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
  north 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.

&&

LAT...LON 2990 9338 3001 9335 3001 9334 2993 9334
      2993 9335 2992 9334 2990 9334 2989 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 205DEG 5KT 2994 9334 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

228 
WWUS54 KLCH 050005
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
705 PM CDT Fri Jun 4 2021

LAC023-050015-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210605T0015Z/
Cameron LA-
705 PM CDT Fri Jun 4 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON PARISH WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 2990 9338 3001 9335 3001 9334 2993 9334
      2993 9335 2992 9334 2990 9334 2989 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 205DEG 5KT 2996 9333 

$$

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The 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, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Cameron	30 min
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, 6:55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.