Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2005, 2:51 AM CST for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 22, 2005, 2:51 AM CST (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 3:36 AM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 12:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KLCH 220852 SVRLCH TXC241-457-220930- /O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0021.050322T0851Z-050322T0930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 251 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 330 AM CST * AT 248 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROCKLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SAM RAYBURN DAM BY 315 AM CST BROOKELAND BY 325 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3103 9448 3092 9448 3091 9387 3115 9391 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KLCH 220936 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 334 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 TXC241-457-220944- /O.EXP.KLCH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050322T0930Z/ JASPER TX-TYLER TX- 334 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TYLER AND JASPER COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 330 AM CST... THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND THUS THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE STORM DID PRODUCE DIME TO PENNY-SIZED HAIL AS IT MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN TYLER AND JASPER COUNTIES OVER THE PAST HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO...TO DEVELOP. LAT...LON 3103 9448 3092 9448 3091 9387 3115 9391 $$ LGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 25 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.