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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 27, 1986Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1986, 10:30 AM CDT for Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1986, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1986, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Orange 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 1986-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1728 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1986-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBPT 271530
TORBPT
TXC361-271600-

BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1030 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR ORANGE
COUNTY COUNTY UNTIL 11AM CDT.

A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A PILOT NEAR THE RAINBOW BRIDGE AT
1025AM CDT. THE ASSOCIATED STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO ORANGE
COUNTY.

NUMBEROUS STORMS WERE INDICATED IN ORANGE COUNTY FROM NEAR VIDOMR TO
BRIDGE CITY.

IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

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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.