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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 24, 2000Jasper County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2000, 3:35 AM CST for Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2000, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2000, 4:30 AM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Jasper County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 24, 3:50 AM CSTTornado F1Buna, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 00:00Z on 2000-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 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 00:00Z on 2000-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 240935
TORLCH

TXC241-241030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
335 AM CST FRI NOV 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 430 AM CST

* AT 331 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF BUNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUNA BY 340 AM CST

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3051 9407 3033 9407 3046 9390 3064 9389

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.