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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 12:29 PM CST for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 5 reports 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, 12:29 PM CST (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2012, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 12:30 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 3 Nnw Caney Head, TX | A COUPLE MILES SOUTH OF FRED...SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN...A CARPORT WAS DAMAGED...AND A SHED LOST SOME TIN FROM ITS ROOF. THE TORNADO PATH WAS 0.4 MILES AND ITS WIDTH WAS 10 YARDS. |
| Jan 25, 12:30 PM CST | TORNADO | Fred, TX | HAM RADIO OPERATOR RELAYED A REPORT VIA FACEBOOK OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR FRED. |
| Jan 25, 12:35 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Jasper, TX | HAM RADIO OPERATOR RELAYED A REPORT VIA FACEBOOK OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR JASPER. |
| Jan 25, 1:02 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 1 Nne Magnolia Springs, TX | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG FM 1005...BLOWNING SOME TREES DOWN. IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 0.8 MILES AND ITS WIDTH WAS 10 YARDS. |
| Jan 25, 1:02 PM CST | TORNADO | Magnolia Springs, TX | HAM RADIO OPERATOR RELAYED A REPORT VIA FACEBOOK OF A TORNADO SPOTTED NEAR MAGNOLIA SPRINGS. |
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
333 WFUS54 KLCH 251829 TORLCH TXC241-457-251900- /O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0006.120125T1829Z-120125T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1229 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES JASPER... SOUTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES...TOWN BLUFF...FRED... * UNTIL 100 PM CST * AT 1226 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FRED... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SPURGER BY 1235 PM CST... MT. UNION BY 1240 PM CST... MAGNOLIA SPRINGS AND TOWN BLUFF BY 1245 PM CST... JASPER BY 100 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 3103 9415 3083 9387 3053 9409 3054 9436 TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 211DEG 40KT 3057 9419 $$ 15
1 follow-up statement
772 WWUS54 KLCH 251849 SVSLCH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1249 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 TXC241-457-251900- /O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120125T1900Z/ JASPER TX-TYLER TX- 1249 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN TYLER AND CENTRAL JASPER COUNTIES... AT 1244 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A TORNADO NEAR MT. UNION..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. MOUNT UNION...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...AND JASPER ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION...STAY INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. && LAT...LON 3103 9415 3083 9387 3053 9409 3054 9436 TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 211DEG 40KT 3072 9403 $$ 15
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, 12:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 25 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.