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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 15, 2011Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2011, 5:27 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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, 5:27 PM CST (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2011, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 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

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The text

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

519 
WFUS54 KLCH 152327
TORLCH
TXC241-351-160015-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0027.111115T2327Z-111116T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
527 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES KIRBYVILLE...
  CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES...NEWTON...CALL...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 524 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  KIRBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  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.

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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3095 9396 3078 9360 3052 9391 3059 9406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 208DEG 27KT 3065 9393

$$
MM

1 follow-up statement

470 
WWUS54 KLCH 160012
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
612 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011

TXC241-351-160023-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-111116T0015Z/
JASPER TX-NEWTON TX-
612 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL NEWTON AND EAST CENTRAL JASPER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CST...

LAT...LON 3095 9396 3078 9360 3052 9391 3059 9406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 208DEG 27KT 3095 9374

$$

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, 4:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler	38 min
Nov 15, 5:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	63 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

Nearby

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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.