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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2007, 8:11 AM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
- Dec 15, 2007, 8:11 AM CST (14:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2007, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 8:15 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Magnolia Springs, TX | TREE REPORTED DOWN ON POWER LINES ON COUNTY ROAD 351. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KLCH 151412 TORLCH TXC241-351-457-151445- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0016.071215T1411Z-071215T1445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 811 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...ROGANVILLE... CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON... EAST CENTRAL TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TOWN BLUFF... * UNTIL 845 AM CST * AT 808 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TOWN BLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MAGNOLIA SPRINGS BY 820 AM CST... ROGANVILLE BY 830 AM CST... NEWTON BY 840 AM CST... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 3102 9374 3081 9363 3061 9416 3078 9426 TIME...MOT...LOC 1411Z 244DEG 36KT 3074 9411 $$ SHAMBURGER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KLCH 151424 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 824 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 TXC457-151434- /O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-071215T1445Z/ TYLER TX- 824 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TYLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3099 9373 3081 9363 3070 9403 3083 9411 TIME...MOT...LOC 1424Z 249DEG 47KT 3080 9392 $$ TXC241-351-151445- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-071215T1445Z/ NEWTON TX-JASPER TX- 824 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CST FOR CENTRAL JASPER AND CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES... AT 819 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIRBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ROGANVILLE BY 830 AM CST... HOLLY SPRINGS BY 830 AM CST... NEWTON AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN BY 835 AM CST... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 3099 9373 3081 9363 3070 9403 3083 9411 TIME...MOT...LOC 1424Z 249DEG 47KT 3080 9392 $$ SHAMBURGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 4:05 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 17 hr |
| Dec 15, 8:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 34 min |
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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.