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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2007, 10:37 AM CDT for Hardin County, Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 17, 2007, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KLCH 171537
TORLCH
TXC199-241-457-171600-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0014.071017T1537Z-071017T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1037 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KIRBYVILLE...BUNA...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 1034 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
BUNA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES WEST OF KIRBYVILLE BY 1055 AM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3086 9386 3084 9386 3071 9388 3069 9388
3039 9392 3040 9413 3088 9411
TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 184DEG 33KT 3049 9401
$$
JSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 10:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 36 min |
| Oct 17, 12:32 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | LCH | 5 hr | |
| Oct 17, 1:42 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LCH | 17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.