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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 11:43 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 25, 2011, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 2759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
610
WFUS54 KLCH 260443
TORLCH
TXC241-351-260515-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0011.110426T0443Z-110426T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1143 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES...RAYBURN COUNTRY...BROWNDELL...
NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES...TOLEDO BEND DAM...BURKEVILLE...MAYFLOWER...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
BROWNDELL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HARRISBURG BY 1155 PM CDT...
FARRSVILLE BY MIDNIGHT CDT...
MAYFLOWER BY 1210 AM CDT...
BURKEVILLE AND TOLEDO BEND DAM BY 1215 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY
TIME. TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3119 9353 3112 9354 3111 9356 3108 9354
3102 9354 3101 9357 3095 9357 3098 9410
3111 9411 3112 9405 3115 9404 3118 9383
3118 9358 3121 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 268DEG 29KT 3110 9399
$$
SHAMBURGER1 follow-up statement
759
WWUS54 KLCH 260503
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1203 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TXC241-351-260515-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110426T0515Z/
NEWTON TX-JASPER TX-
1203 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES...
AT 1157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNDELL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MAYFLOWER AND BURKEVILLE BY 1215 AM CDT...
AT 1140 PM CDT...TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON ROADWAYS SOUTH OF
BROOKELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3119 9353 3112 9354 3111 9356 3108 9354
3102 9354 3101 9357 3095 9357 3103 9403
3115 9404 3117 9388 3118 9358 3121 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0501Z 267DEG 26KT 3111 9387
$$
SHAMBURGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 11:08 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 41 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.