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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 27, 2015Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2015, 5:16 AM CDT for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 17 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: Apr 27, 2015, 5:16 AM CDT (10:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2015, 5:33 AM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 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
Apr 27, 1:27 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 2092 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.2
Supercell composite: -1.3

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The text

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

483 
WFUS54 KLCH 271016
TORLCH
TXC199-457-271045-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0007.150427T1016Z-150427T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
516 AM CDT MON APR 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTHERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT
    
* AT 515 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
  MILES EAST OF GOODRICH...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODVILLE...WARREN...WILDWOOD...FRED...VILLAGE MILLS...CANEY
  HEAD...SPURGER...IVANHOE AND HILLISTER.

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 3080 9420 3048 9412 3049 9454 3073 9459
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 266DEG 53KT 3060 9479 

$$

TINGLER

1 follow-up statement

555 
WWUS54 KLCH 271033
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
533 AM CDT MON APR 27 2015

TXC199-457-271042-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150427T1045Z/
HARDIN TX-TYLER TX-
533 AM CDT MON APR 27 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND SOUTHERN TYLER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF TYLER AND HARDIN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3080 9420 3048 9412 3049 9454 3073 9459
TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 266DEG 53KT 3062 9449 

$$

TINGLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	20 min
Apr 27, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	61 min
Apr 27, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Tyler	52 min
Apr 27, 6:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	15 min
Apr 27, 6:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	50 min
Apr 27, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	50 min
Apr 27, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	64 min
Apr 27, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	47 min
Apr 27, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Newton	43 min
Apr 27, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	60 min
Apr 27, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.