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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 4, 2004Jasper County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 2004, 3:13 PM CDT for Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
Oct 4, 2004, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2004, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jasper County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2004-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 748 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 2004-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 042013
TORLCH
TXC241-042045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
311 PM CDT MON OCT 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 309 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2      
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVADALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GIST BY 335 PM CDT

  VIDOR SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO SOUTHEAST OF EVADALE.

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

LAT...LON 3041 9411 3028 9411 3025 9392 3039 9388

$$

06

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler59 min
Oct 4, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton62 min
Oct 4, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.