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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 30, 1994Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 1994, 12:38 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 1994, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 1994, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Hardin County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 1994-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2713 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 1994-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
2713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 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 301738
TORBPT
TXC199-301815-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1238 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY
 
AT 1233 PM CDT...THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED A
TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF SILSBEE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
 
RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SILSBEE TO FRED ALSO MOVING NORTH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTEzR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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NNNN

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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.