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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 16, 2006Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 2006, 6:44 AM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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: Oct 16, 2006, 6:44 AM CDT (11:44 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2006, 7:15 AM CDT
In force: 31 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), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Oct 16, 7:00 AM CDT	TORNADO	Lumberton, TX	POSSIBLE TORNADO. DEBRIS REPORTED IN THE AIR WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND OTHER DAMAGE. TIME APPROXIMATE. REPORTED BY KBTV CHANNEL 4 IN BEAUMONT.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 16 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 16, 5:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 161144
TORLCH
TXC199-161215-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0028.061016T1144Z-061016T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
644 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 639 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUR   
  LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
  SILSBEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   KOUNTZE AND LUMBERTON BY 700 AM CDT
   SILSBEE BY 705 AM CDT

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

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 100 PM CDT.

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

LAT...LON 3014 9458 3011 9439 3018 9427 3020 9412
      3036 9410 3044 9412 3052 9408 3052 9436

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Oct 16, 3:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 3:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
342 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

.DISCUSSION...VERY BUSY HERE TONIGHT AND AFD WILL BE BRIEF.
WIDESPREAD RAINS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
NORTHWARD RETREATING WARM FRONT. BOUNDARY CURRENTLY MOVING INTO NORTH
LOUISIANA. SEEING A FEW SPIN UPS WITH CONVECTION OVER THE NEAR COASTAL
WATERS...BUT FORTUNATELY FEATURES HAVE BEEN SHOWING A RAPID
DISSIPATION UPON MOVING ONSHORE. WIDESPREAD RAINS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TODAY AS REGION REMAINS IN A MOIST SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW...WITH CONTINUED SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA
AHEAD OF MAIN MID/UPPER TROF ADVANCING THROUGH COLORADO/NEW
MEXICO.

EXTREME TROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE COMBINED WITH IMPULSES COMING
THROUGH REQUIRES A CONTINUATION OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH. HPC
SUGGESTING AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...LAKE WIND ADVISORY AND SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY WILL ALSO BE CONTINUED AS PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT
AND WINDS STRONG BOTH OVER THE NEAR COASTAL WATERS AND INLAND.

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM FOR OUR SOUTHERN ZONES AND
COASTAL WATERS OUT 20 MILES. KINEMATICS GOOD FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE
DEVELOPMENT TODAY BUT WILL BE LIMITED BY THERMODYNAMICS.

RAIN CHANCES DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT AS AFOREMENTIONED UPPER TROF
ADVANCES EAST ACROSS THE REGION AND SHARPLY DRIER AIR FILTERS IN.

&&

.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED
INTO TONIGHT MAINTAINING LOW CEILINGS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY.

&&

.MARINE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHWSET
GULF TODAY AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN A STRONG
SOUTHERLY FLOW. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  80  74  89  66 / 100  70  10  10
KBPT  80  73  89  66 / 100  70  10  10
KAEX  77  68  89  64 / 100  70  10  10
KLFT  81  74  89  66 / 100  90  30  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ACADIA...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
     LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY...UPPER ST.
     MARTIN...AND VERMILION.

     FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ACADIA...
     ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...
     EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER
     ST. MARTIN...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER ST.
     MARTIN...VERMILION...AND VERNON.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ACADIA...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
     ST. MARY...AND VERMILION.

TX...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: HARDIN...
     JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...AND TYLER.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     HARDIN...JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE.

     TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     HARDIN...JEFFERSON...AND ORANGE.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20
     NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA
     OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA
     TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS
     FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20
     NM TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.

     TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL
     WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM...
     COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20
     NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM.

&&

MARCOTTE

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 4:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
436 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

GMZ450-452-455-470-472-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-
201-215-216-170945-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
436 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF GM...CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS A VIGOROUS UPPER
DISTURBANCE ADVANCES TOWARD THE REGION. WITH THE HEAVY RAINS WILL
COME THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONALLY...TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS STONG SHEAR EXISTS IN THE LOW
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TUESDAY WITH MINIMAL RAIN
CHANCES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED TODAY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 15, 9:03 PM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	26 hr
Oct 16, 2:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	32 min
Oct 16, 5:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	30 min
Oct 16, 5:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	3 hr
Oct 16, 5:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Orange	27 min
Oct 16, 5:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	34 min
Oct 16, 6:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	2 hr
Oct 16, 6:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Orange	16 min
Oct 16, 6:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper	30 min
Oct 16, 6:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper	35 min
Oct 16, 7:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Newton	51 min
Oct 16, 7:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	3 hr
Oct 16, 8:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	50 min
Oct 16, 11:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper	13 min
Oct 16, 1:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Newton	3 hr
Oct 16, 1:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper	26 min
Oct 16, 2:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Newton	37 min
Oct 16, 2:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	3 hr
Oct 16, 4:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	3 hr

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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.