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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 6, 2021Cameron Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2021, 9:18 AM CDT for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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 6, 2021, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2021, 9:45 AM CDT
In force: 27 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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: 1676 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

As transmitted.

193 
WFUS54 KLCH 061418
TORLCH
LAC023-061445-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0056.210606T1418Z-210606T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
918 AM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

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

* Until 945 AM CDT.
    
* At 917 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles north of Rockefeller Wildlife Range, moving
  northeast at 15 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
  east 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 2978 9284 2993 9278 2987 9261 2986 9261
      2974 9275
TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 222DEG 15KT 2981 9277 

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

$$

K. Kuyper

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	60 min
Jun 6, 6:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	89 min
Jun 6, 7:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard	71 min
Jun 6, 7:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Beauregard	3 hr
Jun 6, 7:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron	82 min
Jun 6, 8:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	54 min
Jun 6, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson Davis	45 min
Jun 6, 10:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia	48 min
Jun 6, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	45 min
Jun 6, 11:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	45 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.