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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2011, 4:52 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 38 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 15, 2011, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2011, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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 15, 8:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
993 WFUS54 KLCH 152252 TORLCH TXC199-241-351-457-152330- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0026.111115T2252Z-111115T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 452 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES KIRBYVILLE... WEST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES...TOWN BLUFF...FRED... * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 447 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CANEY HEAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPURGER...MT. UNION...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS AND ROGANVILLE 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1. LAT...LON 3089 9417 3072 9379 3039 9411 3047 9429 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 208DEG 27KT 3053 9414 $$ 23
1 follow-up statement
811 WWUS54 KLCH 152311 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 511 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 TXC199-152321- /O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-111115T2330Z/ HARDIN TX- 511 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3054 9398 3058 9413 3089 9417 3072 9379 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 208DEG 27KT 3058 9401 $$ TXC241-351-457-152330- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-111115T2330Z/ JASPER TX-NEWTON TX-TYLER TX- 511 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL TYLER...WEST CENTRAL NEWTON AND CENTRAL JASPER COUNTIES... AT 506 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MT. UNION..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KIRBYVILLE...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS AND ROGANVILLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3054 9398 3058 9413 3089 9417 3072 9379 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 208DEG 27KT 3058 9401 $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 56 min |
| Nov 15, 3:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 4:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 5:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 63 min |
| Nov 15, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Orange | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 5:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 21 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.