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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 30, 2022Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2022, 12:15 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 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: Mar 30, 2022, 12:15 PM CDT (17:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2022, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Vernon Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Mar 30, 12:37 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 S Simpson, LA	TORNADO STARTED NEAR A JAMES ROAD THEN CROSSED HIGHWAY 121 AND DAMAGE PROPERTY ON DRAKE ROAD WITH SEVERAL PINES TREES DAMAGED AND A METAL BUILDING HAD ITS ROOF TORN OFF AND THROWN FOR SEVERAL YARDS. ON THE NEXT PRIVATE ROAD OVER, THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 30, 11:26 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 435 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 598 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

278 
WFUS54 KLCH 301715
TORLCH
LAC115-301745-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0013.220330T1715Z-220330T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1215 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Vernon Parish in west central Louisiana...

* Until 1245 PM CDT.
    
* At 1214 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Leesville, moving east at 25 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...
  Fort Polk around 1220 PM CDT.
  Slagle around 1235 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Simpson.

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 3110 9330 3125 9330 3128 9302 3109 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 261DEG 24KT 3118 9329 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Warthen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 9:36 PM CDT	Gale Warning	LCH		21 hr
Mar 29, 9:40 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH	Cameron, Saint Martin	21 hr
Mar 30, 11:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon	61 min
Mar 30, 11:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	29 min
Mar 30, 12:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Vernon	29 min
Mar 30, 12:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	27 min
Mar 30, 12:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard	33 min
Mar 30, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		33 min
Mar 30, 12:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	32 min
Mar 30, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		29 min
Mar 30, 12:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	29 min
Mar 30, 12:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides, Vernon	35 min
Mar 30, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	44 min
Mar 30, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	36 min
Mar 30, 1:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	35 min
Mar 30, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Rapides	30 min
Mar 30, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		59 min
Mar 30, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry	65 min
Mar 30, 1:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis	32 min
Mar 30, 2:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	31 min
Mar 30, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		60 min
Mar 30, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry and 1 more	63 min
Mar 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	62 min
Mar 30, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Iberia, Lafayette, Saint Martin, Vermilion	42 min
Mar 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	47 min
Mar 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	47 min
Mar 30, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	St. Mary	14 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.