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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 17, 2003Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2003, 11:26 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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: Nov 17, 2003, 11:26 PM CST (05:26 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2003, 12:15 AM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 17, 5:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 7.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 180526
TORLCH
TXC241-351-180615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1125 PM CST MON NOV 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST

* AT 1123 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO JUST OUTSIDE 
  THE CITY OF JASPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLLY SPRINGS BY 1135 PM CST
  JAMESTOWN BY 1145 PM CST
  FARRSVILLE BY 1150 PM CST
  WIERGATE BY 1205 AM CST
  BURKEVILLE BY 1210 AM CST

THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN - IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TAKE COVER NOW

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW

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

LAT...LON 3091 9413 3077 9400 3104 9354 3123 9373

$$

LGE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 8:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	65 min
Nov 17, 10:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin	65 min
Nov 17, 10:50 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	4 hr
Nov 17, 11:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Tyler	36 min
Nov 18, 12:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	34 min
Nov 18, 12:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	24 min
Nov 18, 12:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Newton	34 min
Nov 18, 12:47 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	28 min

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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.