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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2001, 3:25 PM CST for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
- Mar 14, 2001, 3:25 PM CST (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2001, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jefferson County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 3:55 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Thicket, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 142125 TORLCH TXC199-245-142230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 325 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 430 PM CST * AT 320 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A DEVELOPING TORNADO ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 43 MILES WEST OF SILSBEE TO 38 MILES WEST OF LUMBERTON TO 58 MILES WEST OF LUMBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... GRAYBURG...NOME BY 400 PM CST CHINA...SOUR LAKE BY 405 PM CST BEVIL OAKS BY 410 PM CST BEAUMONT...ROSE HILL BY 415 PM CST KOUNTZE...LUMBERTON BY 420 PM CST SILSBEE BY 425 PM CST A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WvINDOWS. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 59 min |
| Mar 14, 4:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 66 min |
| Mar 14, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 14, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.