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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2016, 1:05 PM CST for Newton County, Texas; Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 40 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
- Jan 21, 2016, 1:05 PM CST (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2016, 1:45 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Vernon Parish, LA, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 11:48 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1051 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
966
WUUS54 KLCH 211905
SVRLCH
LAC115-TXC351-211945-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0021.160121T1905Z-160121T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
105 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 145 PM CST
* AT 105 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BURR FERRY TO NEAR STRINGTOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEESVILLE...BURKEVILLE...SLAGLE...FORT POLK...NEW LLANO...BURR
FERRY...STRINGTOWN...EVANS AND PICKERING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3093 9332 3087 9377 3121 9351 3134 9296
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 246DEG 28KT 3113 9350 3093 9366
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TINGLER1 follow-up statement
798
WWUS54 KLCH 211926
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
126 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
TXC351-211936-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160121T1945Z/
NEWTON TX-
126 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3093 9332 3091 9349 3099 9355 3103 9350
3122 9347 3134 9296
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 241DEG 33KT 3122 9331 3102 9347
$$
LAC115-211945-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160121T1945Z/
VERNON LA-
126 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CST
FOR WESTERN VERNON PARISH...
AT 126 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ANACOCO TO NEAR BURR FERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEESVILLE...SLAGLE...FORT POLK...NEW LLANO...PICKERING AND EVANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.
LAT...LON 3093 9332 3091 9349 3099 9355 3103 9350
3122 9347 3134 9296
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 241DEG 33KT 3122 9331 3102 9347
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TINGLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 12:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 12:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 12:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 12:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 19 min |
| Jan 21, 12:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Sabine | 23 min |
| Jan 21, 12:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 12:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 12:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 1:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 2:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 3:06 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton | 26 hr |
| Jan 20, 9:19 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 60 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:40 AM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 48 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:40 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 53 hr | |
| Jan 21, 4:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 4:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 5:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 21 min |
| Jan 21, 5:32 AM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 34 hr | |
| Jan 21, 5:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Grant | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 6:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 53 min |
| Jan 21, 6:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Martin | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 1:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 1:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 57 min |
| Jan 21, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 2:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Vernon | 14 min |
| Jan 21, 2:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 2:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 27 min |
| Jan 21, 2:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Beauregard | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 2:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 42 min | |
| Jan 21, 2:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Rapides | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 4:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Lafayette | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 4:58 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 32 min | |
| Jan 21, 5:11 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 34 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.