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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 5, 1986Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 1986, 4:15 PM CST for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 1986, 4:15 PM CST (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 1986, 5:15 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1986-02-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1986-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-373 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper60 min
Feb 5, 5:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler55 min

Nearby

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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.