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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2025, 8:59 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 18 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
- Apr 5, 2025, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2025, 9:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Rapides Parish, LA
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 15.9
The text
As transmitted.
465
WFUS54 KLCH 060159
TORLCH
LAC079-060230-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0013.250406T0159Z-250406T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
859 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Rapides Parish in central Louisiana...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 859 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Elizabeth, moving east at 30 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...
Glenmora around 910 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Union
Hill and Mcnary.
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 3104 9257 3090 9257 3090 9283 3097 9283
3097 9282
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 260DEG 26KT 3094 9280
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Jones2 follow-up statements
158
WWUS54 KLCH 060210
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
910 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025
LAC079-060230-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250406T0230Z/
Rapides LA-
910 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH...
At 910 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles west of Glenmora, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Glenmora around 915 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Mcnary.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile
home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and
protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3104 9257 3092 9257 3091 9275 3098 9277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 260DEG 26KT 3095 9271
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Denson107 WWUS54 KLCH 060217 SVSLCH Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 917 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025 LAC079-060227- /O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250406T0230Z/ Rapides LA- 917 PM CDT Sat Apr 5 2025 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IS CANCELLED... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central Louisiana. && LAT...LON 3104 9257 3092 9257 3091 9275 3098 9277 TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 260DEG 26KT 3096 9265 $$ Denson
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 12 min |
| Apr 5, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 13 min |
| Apr 5, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Allen | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 4:32 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 5 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:32 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | LCH | Saint Martin, St. Mary | 9 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.