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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 16, 2006Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 2006, 8:10 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 16, 2006, 8:10 AM CDT (13:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2006, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton 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
Oct 16, 5:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 2542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 560 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 719 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 11.5
Supercell composite: 47.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KLCH 161311
TORLCH
TXC241-351-161400-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0033.061016T1310Z-061016T1400Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 805 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...THE      
  FIRST NEAR KIRBYVILLE...AND THE SECOND NEAR BON WEIR...BOTH MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   ROGANVILLE BY 815 AM CDT
   HOLLY SPRINGS BY 825 AM CDT
   JAMESTOWN AND NEWTON BY 830 AM CDT
   WIERGATE BY 845 AM CDT
   BURKEVILLE BY 850 AM 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 9402 3062 9401 3068 9363 3077 9362
      3085 9357 3107 9358

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 161328
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
826 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

TXC241-351-161400-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-061016T1400Z/
NEWTON TX-JASPER TX-
826 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR JASPER AND NEWTON
COUNTIES...

AT 821 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DINDICATE TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO...THE FIRST NEAR ROGANVILLE AND THE SECOND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF BURKEVILLE..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WIERGATE BY 845 AM CDT
  BURKEVILLE BY 850 AM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3083 9402 3062 9401 3068 9363 3077 9362
      3085 9357 3107 9358

$$

DML

000 
WWUS54 KLCH 161338
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
836 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

TXC241-351-161400-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-061016T1400Z/
NEWTON TX-JASPER TX-
836 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR JASPER AND NEWTON
COUNTIES...

AT 831 AM CDT...A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WAS REPORTED. 
THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR NEWTON...A NEWLY 
DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF NEWTON...AND THE OTHER TORNANIC 
THUNDERSTORM JUST ABOUT TO EXIT NEWTON COUNTY 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
BURKEVILLE..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WIERGATE AND BURKEVILLE BY 850 AM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3083 9402 3062 9401 3068 9363 3077 9362
      3085 9357 3107 9358

$$

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, 6:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin	31 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.