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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 29, 2006Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2006, 10:36 AM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2006, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2006, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hardin County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 29, 10:45 AM CDT	TORNADO	4 Sw Kountze, TX	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH ONE TREE ON A HOUSE. POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS FM 326. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME APPROXIMATE. REPORTED BY BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE.
Apr 29, 10:55 AM CDT	TORNADO	4 Ssw Kountze, TX	HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO KNOCKING DOWN TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 326 AT LANGHAM ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 29, 6:04 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 726 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 308 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 470 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 8.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 291536
TORLCH
TXC199-291615-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0002.060429T1536Z-060429T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1036 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1031 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUR
  LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   LUMBERTON AND KOUNTZE BY 1050 AM CDT
   SILSBEE BY 1100 AM CDT

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME - TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN LIBERTY COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3018 9454 3011 9443 3013 9432 3022 9413
      3051 9410 3051 9423

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 291553
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1052 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2006

TXC199-291615-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060429T1615Z/
HARDIN TX-
1052 AM CDT SAT APR 29 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR HARDIN COUNTY...

AT 1047 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KOUNTZE...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SILSBEE BY 1100 AM CDT

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3052 9441 3027 9445 3017 9431 3025 9416
      3051 9409 3052 9423

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 5:29 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	14 hr
Apr 29, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	57 min
Apr 29, 7:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Tyler	49 min
Apr 29, 8:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	63 min
Apr 29, 11:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper	30 min
Apr 29, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Orange	24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.