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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2015, 8:47 AM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana; Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
- Oct 31, 2015, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2015, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 8:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Newton, TX | PUBLIC REPORTS ROOF BLOWN OFF STORAGE BUILDING AS WELL AS TREES AND UTILITY POLES DOWN IN NEWTON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 6:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 556 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.0
- Supercell composite
- 15.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
934
WFUS54 KLCH 311347
TORLCH
LAC011-TXC351-311415-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0023.151031T1347Z-151031T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
847 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 847 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 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...
NEWTON AROUND 850 AM CDT.
STRINGTOWN AROUND 900 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 3103 9355 3101 9355 3101 9357 3099 9358
3099 9357 3097 9357 3097 9356 3090 9356
3089 9357 3088 9357 3087 9356 3080 9357
3075 9386 3092 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 1347Z 269DEG 48KT 3084 9383
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
06The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 9:45 PM CDT | Gale Warning | LCH | 9 hr | |
| Oct 30, 9:45 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 18 hr | |
| Oct 31, 6:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 10 days |
| Oct 31, 6:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 44 min |
| Oct 31, 7:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 17 min |
| Oct 31, 8:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 8:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 40 min |
| Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 14 days |
| Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 15 days |
| Oct 31, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 5 days |
| Oct 31, 8:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 44 min |
| Oct 31, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 49 min |
| Oct 31, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 9:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 50 min |
| Oct 31, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 3 more | 37 min |
| Oct 31, 10:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 22 min |
| Oct 31, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 67 min |
| Oct 31, 11:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 90 min |
| Oct 31, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 59 min |
| Oct 31, 11:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 88 min |
| Oct 31, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Cameron | 38 min |
| Oct 31, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 5 days |
| Oct 31, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 16 days |
| Oct 31, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry | 46 min |
| Oct 31, 12:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Rapides, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 35 min |
| Oct 31, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 27 min | |
| Oct 31, 1:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 115 min |
| Oct 31, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 43 min |
| Oct 31, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 36 min | |
| Oct 31, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 43 min | |
| Oct 31, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Oct 31, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Oct 31, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 62 min | |
| Oct 31, 6:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon | 24 hr |
| 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, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 23 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 | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton | 52 min |
| Oct 31, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 52 min |
| Oct 31, 12:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 12:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 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 |
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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.