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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 24, 2015Jasper County, Newton County, Texas; Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2015, 12:18 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas; Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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: Apr 24, 2015, 12:18 PM CDT (17:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2015, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 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
Apr 24, 12:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 Nw Kirbyville, TX	24 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
Apr 24, 12:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	7 Nw Kirbyville, TX
Apr 24, 12:20 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	5 Ese Call, TX	NWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED AN EF1 TORNADO UPROOTED OR SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES FROM ESE OF CALL TX TO FIELDS LA. AT LEAST ONE HOME HAD A TREE FALL ON IT.
Apr 24, 12:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Call, TX	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN IN CALL
Apr 24, 12:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Singer, LA	MEDIA RELAYED REPORT OF ESTIMATED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN SINGER

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
Apr 24, 12:18 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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: 1123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

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

341 
WFUS54 KLCH 241718
TORLCH
LAC011-019-TXC241-351-241745-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0005.150424T1718Z-150424T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1218 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  WESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  EAST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
    
* AT 1217 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  OVER KIRBYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  IN ADDITION...AT 1215, A WIND GUST OF 60 MPH WAS REPORTED 7 MILES 
WEST OF KIRBYVILLE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KIRBYVILLE...MERRYVILLE...FIELDS...CALL...DE QUINCY...BON WEIR...
  SINGER...DEQUINCY...BIVENS...OLD SALEM...TROUT CREEK...BANCROFT...
  ORETTA AND BLEAKWOOD.

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 IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3055 9399 3074 9399 3081 9337 3039 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 267DEG 42KT 3068 9388 

$$

66

1 follow-up statement

505 
WWUS54 KLCH 241732
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1232 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

LAC011-019-TXC241-351-241745-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150424T1745Z/
CALCASIEU LA-BEAUREGARD LA-JASPER TX-NEWTON TX-
1232 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU AND WESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISHES...EAST CENTRAL
JASPER AND CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES...
    
AT 1231 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 
OVER BANCROFT...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FIELDS...MOVING EAST 
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KIRBYVILLE...MERRYVILLE...FIELDS...CALL...DE QUINCY...BON WEIR...
SINGER...DEQUINCY...BIVENS...OLD SALEM...TROUT CREEK...BANCROFT...
ORETTA AND BLEAKWOOD.

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 IN A MOBILE 
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND 
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3055 9399 3074 9399 3081 9337 3039 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 278DEG 40KT 3059 9367 

$$

LANDRENEAU/JONES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 4:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Orange	5 days
Apr 24, 10:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	50 min
Apr 24, 11:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	62 min
Apr 24, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	32 min
Apr 24, 12:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis	30 min
Apr 24, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis and 1 more	45 min
Apr 24, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Saint Landry	31 min
Apr 24, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Acadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	30 min
Apr 24, 3:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry	3 hr
Apr 24, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	27 min
Apr 24, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin	51 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.