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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2012Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 12:05 PM CST for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2012, 12:05 PM CST (18:05 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2012, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 25, 12:05 PM CST	TORNADO 0	4 S Wildwood, TX	SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN OR SNAPPED ALONG SECTIONS OF POST OAK ROAD...EXTENDING OVER HIGHWAY 69. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 3 MILES AND ITS WIDTH WAS 20 YARDS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 25, 7:56 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

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The text

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

880 
WFUS54 KLCH 251805
TORLCH
TXC199-457-251830-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0005.120125T1805Z-120125T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1205 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES WILDWOOD...
  TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES...WOODVILLE...WARREN...TOWN BLUFF...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1203 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WILDWOOD...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODVILLE BY 1225 PM CST...
  TOWN BLUFF BY 1230 PM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
SMALL ROOM LIKE A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND USE PILLOWS OR BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3050 9455 3061 9457 3093 9430 3074 9414
      3042 9447 3049 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 218DEG 35KT 3055 9448

$$

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1 follow-up statement

627 
WWUS54 KLCH 251818
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1218 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

TXC199-457-251830-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120125T1830Z/
HARDIN TX-TYLER TX-
1218 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR TYLER
AND NORTH CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTIES...

AT 1212 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
TORNADO NEAR WILDWOOD..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

IVANHOE...HILLISTER...WARREN...AND VILLAGE MILLS ARE ALSO IN THE 
PATH OF THESE STORMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION...STAY INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS. MOVE TO AN 
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.

&&

LAT...LON 3050 9455 3061 9457 3093 9430 3074 9414
      3042 9447 3049 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 218DEG 35KT 3057 9437

$$

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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
Jan 25, 2:44 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		5 hr
Jan 25, 5:19 AM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH		13 hr
Jan 25, 10:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	57 min
Jan 25, 11:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	59 min
Jan 25, 12:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	31 min
Jan 25, 12:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	31 min
Jan 25, 1:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Newton	31 min
Jan 25, 1:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	54 min
Jan 25, 2:18 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	117 min
Jan 25, 2:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	54 min
Jan 25, 3:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	3 hr
Jan 25, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Newton, Orange	60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.