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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 1996, 9:23 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 1996, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 1996, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 9:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaumont, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 130224 TORLCH TXC245-130330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 923 PM CDT MON AUG 12 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 922 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO BETWEEN SOUR LAKE AND BEAUMONT ON HIGHWAY 105. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PEOPLE BETWEEN SOUR LAKE...CHINA...AND BEAUMONT SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS ...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 12, 8:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 8:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 816 PM CDT MON AUG 12 1996 RIGHT REAR QUAD OF H25 JETSTREAK CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH SVR TSTMS TNITE. ETA SHOWS TROF MOVG THRU WITH AREA TRANSITIONING TO LEFT REAR QUAD LATER TNITE. PREV FCST LKS GOOD XCPT BLV WE NEED TO KEEP SCT POPS IN FOR TUES AFTERNOON AS MDT INSTABILITIES REMAIN DESPITE H7 DRIER AIR. 11
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.