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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 19, 2002Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 19, 2002, 4:54 AM CST for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 2002, 4:54 AM CST (10:54 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 2002, 5:30 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Newton County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 19, 12:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2002-12-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 903 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 00:00Z on 2002-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
903 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

965 
WFUS54 KLCH 191054
TORLCH
TXC351-191130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
453 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 AM CST

* AT 448 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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 3113 9390 3100 9375 3113 9361 3116 9382

$$

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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.