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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 8, 2016Hardin County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Texas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 8, 3:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1021 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2016-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
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

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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. KUYPER
1 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. KUYPER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Orange30 min
Jan 8, 7:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson58 min
Jan 8, 7:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper43 min
Jan 8, 8:11 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler3 hr
Jan 8, 8:14 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton31 min
Jan 8, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson, Orange35 min
Jan 8, 8:45 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHNewton30 min
Jan 8, 9:06 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange39 min
Jan 8, 9:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton28 min
Jan 9, 9:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper52 hr
Jan 9, 9:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson6 days

Nearby

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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.