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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 8, 2023Avoyelles Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 8, 2023, 7:06 PM CST for Avoyelles Parish, Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 10 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: Feb 8, 2023, 7:06 PM CST (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 8, 2023, 7:16 PM CST
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Avoyelles Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 8, 4:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 1259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 4.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

559 
WFUS54 KLCH 090106
TORLCH
LAC009-097-090130-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0021.230209T0106Z-230209T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
706 PM CST Wed Feb 8 2023

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Avoyelles Parish in central Louisiana...
  North central St. Landry Parish in central Louisiana...

* Until 730 PM CST.
    
* At 705 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Big Cane, or near Morrow, moving northeast at 35
  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...
  Dupont around 715 PM CST.
  Simmesport and Big Bend around 730 PM CST.

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 9171 3108 9172 3107 9171 3104 9173
      3099 9178 3097 9181 3087 9180 3086 9182
      3085 9182 3079 9201 3087 9207 3115 9176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 233DEG 30KT 3084 9199 

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

$$

Calhoun

1 follow-up statement

563 
WWUS54 KLCH 090116
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
716 PM CST Wed Feb 8 2023

LAC009-097-090126-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230209T0130Z/
Avoyelles LA-St. Landry LA-
716 PM CST Wed Feb 8 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN AVOYELLES AND NORTH CENTRAL
ST. LANDRY PARISHES IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain possible and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for central
Louisiana.

LAT...LON 3110 9171 3108 9172 3107 9171 3104 9173
      3099 9178 3097 9181 3087 9180 3086 9182
      3085 9182 3079 9201 3087 9207 3115 9176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 233DEG 30KT 3090 9190 

$$

Calhoun

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 8, 6:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Acadia	28 min
Feb 8, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Jefferson Davis	26 min
Feb 8, 6:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	24 min
Feb 8, 6:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Saint Landry	35 min
Feb 8, 6:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Saint Landry	32 min
Feb 8, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	24 min
Feb 8, 7:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Landry	31 min
Feb 8, 8:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		44 min
Feb 8, 9:00 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Vermilion	21 days
Feb 9, 4:00 AM CST	Gale Watch	LCH		16 hr
Feb 9, 4:00 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		3 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.