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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 2011, 2:44 PM CST for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
- Nov 8, 2011, 2:44 PM CST (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2011, 3:30 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hardin County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
072
WFUS54 KLCH 082044
TORLCH
TXC199-082130-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0023.111108T2044Z-111108T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
244 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES...WILDWOOD...THICKET...SARATOGA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CST
* AT 240 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF
BATSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BATSON BY 315 PM CST...
VOTAW BY 320 PM CST...
THICKET BY 325 PM CST...
SARATOGA BY 330 PM CST...
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 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3044 9471 3053 9444 3013 9431 3011 9460
3039 9471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 246DEG 19KT 3021 9483
$$
TINGLER2 follow-up statements
239
WWUS54 KLCH 082114
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
314 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXC199-082130-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-111108T2130Z/
HARDIN TX-
314 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY...
AT 312 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
THICKET..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE
HAIL OF AROUND NICKEL SIZE AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
THICKET AND VOTAW BY 325 PM CST...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SARATOGA BY 330 PM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...STAY INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3020 9463 3039 9471 3044 9471 3053 9444
3028 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 235DEG 20KT 3032 9470
$$
TINGLER130
WWUS54 KLCH 082131
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
331 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXC199-082140-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-111108T2130Z/
HARDIN TX-
331 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3020 9463 3039 9471 3044 9471 3053 9444
3028 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 235DEG 20KT 3032 9470
$$
TINGLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 36 min |
| Nov 8, 3:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 24 min |
| Nov 8, 4:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 25 min |
| Nov 8, 4:50 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 40 min |
| Nov 8, 5:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.