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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Lake Charles, LA

September 12, 2012Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2012, 4:33 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
Sep 12, 2012, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
57 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), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1406 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1406 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

447 
WUUS54 KLCH 122133
SVRLCH
TXC241-351-122230-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0087.120912T2133Z-120912T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
433 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES KIRBYVILLE...
  CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES...NEWTON...CALL...BON WEIR...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CALL BY 455 PM CDT...
  KIRBYVILLE AND TROUT CREEK BY 500 PM CDT...
  ROGANVILLE BY 525 PM CDT...
  NEWTON AND BON WEIR BY 530 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY INDOORS...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3097 9383 3081 9357 3045 9393 3057 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 214DEG 16KT 3056 9396

$$

SWEENEY

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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.