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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 8, 2016, 7:41 PM CST for Hardin County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 8, 2016, 7:41 PM CST (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2016, 8:04 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 8, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted.
710
WFUS54 KLCH 090141
TORLCH
TXC199-241-245-090215-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0001.160109T0141Z-160109T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
741 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CST
* AT 741 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEVIL OAKS...OR NEAR LUMBERTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
LUMBERTON AROUND 755 PM CST.
SILSBEE AROUND 810 PM CST.
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 3017 9427 3022 9432 3037 9420 3025 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 226DEG 20KT 3021 9428
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
K. KUYPER1 follow-up statement
005
WWUS54 KLCH 090204
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
804 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016
TXC199-241-245-090214-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160109T0215Z/
JEFFERSON TX-HARDIN TX-JASPER TX-
804 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN
HARDIN AND SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3017 9427 3022 9432 3037 9420 3025 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 226DEG 20KT 3030 9417
$$
K. KUYPERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Orange | 30 min |
| Jan 8, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 58 min |
| Jan 8, 7:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 43 min |
| Jan 8, 8:11 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton | 31 min |
| Jan 8, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 35 min |
| Jan 8, 8:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 30 min |
| Jan 8, 9:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 39 min |
| Jan 8, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 28 min |
| Jan 9, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 52 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.