PERSONS IN THE ALEXANDRIA AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.ĪT 820 PM.NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO IN NORTHEAST RAPIDES PARISH.JUST EAST OF BALL. STORM MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR RAPIDES PARISH UNTIL 835 PM.ĪT 800 PM.NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA. BE READY TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED THROUGH OUR HOME PAGE AT BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. WEATHER RADIOS SHOULD BE SET TO ALERT.ĪCTIVATION OF SKYWARN STORM SPOTTERS WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE REQUIRED LATER TONIGHT. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY AND CHECK WITH MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.ESPECIALLY BEFORE RETIRING FOR THE EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH LOUISIANA. IN ADDITION TO THIS ACTIVITY.A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT WHICH IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF LOUISIANA LATE TONIGHT.MOVING THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSIFY IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.Ī STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 900 PM. Given the intensity of the tornado and its path through the highly populated area, it is fortunate that more people were not seriously injured or even killed. Persons who owned a NOAA Weather Radio, with an alert feature, received the tornado warning immediately after its issuance. Numerous residents heard the warning and were able to seek shelter from the tornado. Warning lead time on the tornado was 14 minutes. The tornado touched down on the south side of town at approximately 802 PM CST. The following are the products issued, leading up to and during the tornado on January 21, 1999. A tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Lake Charles at 748 PM CST for Rapides Parish. PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES One of these thunderstorms produced the tornado that moved over Alexandria.īelow is a map of the city of Alexandria with the tornado damage track. The star symbols on the maps indicate where damage occurred from the tornado. The wind profile was strikingly similar to the pre-atmospheric conditions that led to the January 1-2, 1999 tornado outbreak across Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana. As a result, scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the early evening hours over Central Louisiana and intensified rapidly. Ahead of the dry line, a strong low level wind developed, with 50 knots measured at 2000 ft.
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In response to this feature, a surface low pressure system developed over Southern Oklahoma with a dry line extending into far Eastern Texas, along the Sabine River. Earlier that day a strong upper level trough of low pressure moved into Central Texas. The tornado caused considerable damage to the south part of the city and was later classified as an F2 tornado on the Fujita scale. During the evening hours of January 21, 1999, a strong tornado hit the Central Louisiana city of Alexandria, which is located in Rapides Parish.