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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 21, 1995Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 21, 1995, 8:37 PM CDT for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 1995, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Newton County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1354 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 KLCH 220138
TORLCH
TXC351-220230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
837 PM CDT MON AUG 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...NEWTON COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO
IN NEWTON COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIRBYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
 
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 SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin41 min
Aug 21, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Orange43 min
Aug 21, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson44 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.