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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 3, 2012Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2012, 9:01 AM CST for 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
Feb 3, 2012, 9:01 AM CST (15:01 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 2012, 9:30 AM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Newton County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2012-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 844 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2012-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

748 
WFUS54 KLCH 031501
TORLCH
TXC351-031530-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0022.120203T1501Z-120203T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
901 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES...NEWTON...BURKEVILLE...

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 856 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BURKEVILLE BY 920 AM CST...
  STRINGTOWN BY 925 AM 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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3100 9355 3101 9357 3100 9358 3099 9356
      3097 9358 3096 9355 3089 9356 3088 9358
      3086 9356 3079 9383 3098 9387 3107 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1501Z 254DEG 18KT 3091 9376

$$

ERICKSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 7:40 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH11 hr
Feb 3, 5:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHTyler57 min
Feb 3, 5:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler65 min
Feb 3, 6:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper62 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.