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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 3, 1987Jasper County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1987, 1:12 PM CDT for Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1987, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1987, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Jasper 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1987-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2006 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 1987-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBPT 031813
TORBPT
TXC241-031900-

BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
112 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR PERSONS
IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

TEXAS...
        SOUTHERN JASPER UNTIL 200 PM CDT.

AT 108 PM CDT, WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF BUNA 
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD KIRBYVILLE.  PER{SONS IN BUNA
AND KIRBYVILLE AND ALONG HIGHWAY 96 SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

DCG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Newton60 min
Jun 3, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHNewton40 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.