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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 25, 2012Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2012, 12:59 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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, 12:59 PM CST (18:59 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2012, 1:30 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 25, 1:00 PM CST	TORNADO 1	4 Nw Call, TX	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE KIRBYVILLE AIRPORT WHERE IT TORE PART OF A METAL ROOF OFF A HOME...AND WENT INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF KIRBYVILLE...BLOWING TREES DOWN AND DAMAGING A SHED. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 1.6 MILES AND WAS 20 YARDS WIDE.
Jan 25, 1:00 PM CST	TORNADO	Kirbyville, TX	KBMT RELAYED A PUBLIC REPORT OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR KIRBYVILLE. REPORTED DAMAGE INCLUDES A TRAILER AND MULTIPLE MAILBOXES.
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

184 
WFUS54 KLCH 251859
TORLCH
TXC241-351-251930-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0007.120125T1859Z-120125T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1259 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES...KIRBYVILLE...JASPER...
  CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES...NEWTON...CALL...BURKEVILLE...BON WEIR...

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 1254 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM JASPER TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALL...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  KIRBYVILLE AND ROGANVILLE BY 105 PM CST...
  FARRSVILLE AND TROUT CREEK BY 105 PM CST...
  OLD SALEM AND NEWTON BY 110 PM CST...
  BURKEVILLE AND BON WEIR BY 115 PM CST...
  STRINGTOWN BY 120 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 3105 9353 3103 9351 3100 9358 3097 9358
      3096 9353 3088 9358 3087 9356 3080 9357
      3076 9361 3068 9363 3063 9368 3059 9368
      3057 9373 3053 9374 3052 9371 3039 9409
      3098 9400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 255DEG 40KT 3091 9387 3050 9394

$$

15

1 follow-up statement

928 
WWUS54 KLCH 251919
SVSLCH

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

TXC241-351-251930-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120125T1930Z/
JASPER TX-NEWTON TX-
119 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
NEWTON AND EASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 112 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A 
LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BURKEVILLE TO NEWTON TO 
TROUT CREEK..MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE STRINGTOWN AND BON 
WEIR.

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 9351 3100 9358 3097 9358 3096 9353
      3088 9358 3086 9356 3080 9357 3074 9362
      3068 9363 3063 9368 3059 9368 3057 9373
      3053 9374 3052 9372 3048 9407 3099 9394
      3105 9353
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 255DEG 40KT 3101 9366 3066 9370

$$

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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, 12:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	25 min
Jan 25, 12:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	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.