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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 8, 2011Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 2011, 8:03 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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, 8:03 PM CST (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Nov 8, 2011, 8:32 PM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, 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
Nov 8, 5:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 2040 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.4

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The text

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

081 
WFUS54 KLCH 090203
TORLCH
LAC011-TXC351-090245-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0025.111109T0203Z-111109T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
803 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES...CALL...BON WEIR...
  NORTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES MERRYVILLE...

* UNTIL 845 PM CST

* AT 759 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CALL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BON WEIR BY 830 PM CST...
  MERRYVILLE AND JUNCTION BY 845 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 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

&&

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.

LAT...LON 3086 9347 3066 9335 3056 9386 3060 9388
      3066 9387 3088 9357 3088 9353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 243DEG 22KT 3064 9381

$$
TINGLER

1 follow-up statement

416 
WWUS54 KLCH 090232
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
832 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

LAC011-TXC351-090241-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-111109T0245Z/
NEWTON TX-BEAUREGARD LA-
832 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...AND NORTHWESTERN
BEAUREGARD PARISH IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...HOWEVER GUSTY 
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING REMAIN 
IN THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3086 9347 3066 9335 3056 9386 3060 9388
      3066 9387 3088 9357 3088 9353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 243DEG 22KT 3071 9364

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 8, 7:46 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	LCH		44 min
Nov 8, 8:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu	47 min
Nov 9, 5:11 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	LCH		37 hr
Nov 8, 6:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	22 min
Nov 8, 6:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	63 min
Nov 8, 7:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	27 min
Nov 8, 7:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Newton	53 min
Nov 8, 7:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	51 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Louisiana, 2011 Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2011 Every tornado warning in 2011 Tornadoes in 2011

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.