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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 27, 2015Jasper County, Newton County, Texas; Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2015, 6:15 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas; Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 15 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, 6:15 AM CDT (11:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2015, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 1:27 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 27, 6:01 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2015-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2092 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2015-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

257 
WFUS54 KLCH 271115
TORLCH
LAC011-TXC241-351-271130-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0008.150427T1115Z-150427T1130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
    
* AT 614 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  OVER WRIGHTS SETTLEMENT...OR NEAR BUNA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FIELDS...DEVILS POCKET AND WRIGHTS SETTLEMENT. 

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 3062 9349 3041 9349 3040 9374 3039 9375
      3038 9391 3049 9392
TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 263DEG 43KT 3045 9385 

$$

TINGLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 4:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin, Jasper, Tyler20 min
Apr 27, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Tyler61 min
Apr 27, 5:16 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHHardin, Tyler17 min
Apr 27, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Tyler52 min
Apr 27, 6:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHOrange50 min
Apr 27, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson, Orange50 min
Apr 27, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHNewton64 min
Apr 27, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Newton, Tyler47 min
Apr 27, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton43 min
Apr 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson, Orange60 min
Apr 27, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange45 min
Apr 27, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon39 min
Apr 27, 6:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH94 min
Apr 27, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Rapides, Vernon47 min
Apr 27, 7:07 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHVernon23 min
Apr 27, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 6 more40 min
Apr 27, 7:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHCalcasieu2 hr
Apr 27, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHVermilion46 min
Apr 27, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH59 min
Apr 27, 8:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Rapides and 3 more44 min
Apr 27, 8:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides65 min
Apr 27, 8:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH114 min
Apr 27, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHIberia, Saint Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion54 min
Apr 27, 9:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion5 days
Apr 27, 10:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH89 min
Apr 27, 12:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH63 min
Apr 27, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry52 min
Apr 27, 12:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHEvangeline46 min
Apr 27, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen, Evangeline47 min
Apr 27, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry60 min
Apr 27, 2:05 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLCH41 hr
Apr 27, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Vernon43 min
Apr 27, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis48 min
Apr 27, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry40 min
Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHRapides50 min
Apr 27, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry47 min
Apr 27, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH96 min
Apr 27, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAvoyelles, Saint Landry31 min
Apr 27, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH67 min
Apr 27, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin36 min
Apr 27, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH62 min
Apr 27, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHSaint Landry37 min
Apr 27, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH64 min
Apr 27, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH96 min
Apr 27, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH28 min
Apr 27, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJefferson Davis25 min
Apr 27, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH43 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.