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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 31, 2015Hardin County, Jasper County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2015, 5:27 AM CDT for Hardin County, Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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: Oct 31, 2015, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2015, 5:50 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 31, 2:57 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 483 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

044 
WFUS54 KLCH 311027
TORLCH
TXC199-241-311100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0019.151031T1027Z-151031T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
527 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
    
* AT 527 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KOUNTZE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LUMBERTON AROUND 535 AM CDT.
  SILSBEE AROUND 540 AM CDT.
  EVADALE AROUND 550 AM CDT.
  BUNA AROUND 600 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3053 9410 3052 9407 3054 9407 3058 9402
      3037 9389 3033 9390 3021 9432 3033 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 241DEG 28KT 3031 9429 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TINGLER

2 follow-up statements

131 
WWUS54 KLCH 311034
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
534 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

TXC199-241-311100-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-151031T1100Z/
HARDIN TX-JASPER TX-
534 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
    
AT 532 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR KOUNTZE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO 
WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 69 NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF KOUNTZE.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SILSBEE AROUND 540 AM CDT.
  EVADALE AROUND 550 AM CDT.
  BUNA AROUND 600 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3053 9410 3052 9407 3054 9407 3058 9402
      3037 9389 3033 9390 3021 9432 3033 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1032Z 235DEG 28KT 3035 9427 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TINGLER

150 
WWUS54 KLCH 311050
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
550 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

TXC199-241-311059-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-151031T1100Z/
HARDIN TX-JASPER TX-
550 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND SOUTHEASTERN
JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3053 9410 3052 9407 3054 9407 3058 9402
      3037 9389 3033 9390 3021 9432 3033 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1047Z 241DEG 28KT 3042 9413 

$$

TINGLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 31, 3:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	3 hr
Oct 31, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	51 min
Oct 31, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin	43 min
Oct 31, 4:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	3 hr
Oct 31, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper	48 min
Oct 31, 6:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler	30 min
Oct 31, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	45 min
Oct 31, 6:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	6 hr
Oct 31, 7:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Newton	6 hr
Oct 31, 8:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	5 hr
Oct 31, 8:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton	52 min
Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Newton, Orange	14 days
Oct 31, 8:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Newton	28 min
Oct 31, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	52 min
Oct 31, 10:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Orange	37 min
Oct 31, 11:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Orange	88 min
Oct 31, 12:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	6 hr
Oct 31, 12:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	6 hr
Oct 31, 12:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	6 hr
Oct 31, 12:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jefferson	6 hr
Oct 31, 12:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Orange	6 hr
Oct 31, 2:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	3 days
Oct 31, 6:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler	24 hr

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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.