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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 13, 2004Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2004, 1:32 PM CDT for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
May 13, 2004, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2004, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 13, 8:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 13, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1515 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1515 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

909 
WFUS54 KLCH 131832
TORLCH
TXC457-131900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
132 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TOWN BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOWN BLUFF BY 145 PM CDT

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 3083 9440 3065 9444 3055 9410 3080 9417

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper59 min
May 13, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton62 min
May 13, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper28 min
May 13, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHOrange54 min
May 13, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson52 min
May 13, 4:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson, Orange4 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.