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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2016, 7:02 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
- Mar 8, 2016, 7:02 PM CST (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted.
977
WFUS54 KLCH 090102
TORLCH
TXC241-351-090130-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0015.160309T0102Z-160309T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
702 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CST
* AT 701 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EBENEZER...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...
BROWNDELL AROUND 730 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SAM
RAYBURN DAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO 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 3112 9376 3086 9406 3097 9423 3110 9414
3111 9406 3114 9403 3116 9391 3116 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 218DEG 23KT 3098 9410
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
132 follow-up statements
112
WWUS54 KLCH 090113
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
713 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXC241-351-090130-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160309T0130Z/
JASPER TX-NEWTON TX-
713 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND NORTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTIES...
AT 712 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNDELL...OR 7 MILES EAST OF EBENEZER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BROWNDELL AROUND 720 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SAM
RAYBURN DAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3093 9400 3105 9416 3110 9412 3111 9406
3114 9403 3116 9391 3116 9382 3112 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 218DEG 29KT 3105 9403
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
13008
WWUS54 KLCH 090128
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
728 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXC241-351-090137-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160309T0130Z/
JASPER TX-NEWTON TX-
728 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JASPER AND NORTHWESTERN
NEWTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS WEAKENING AND MOVING OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LAKE CHARLES .
LAT...LON 3093 9400 3105 9416 3110 9412 3111 9406
3114 9403 3116 9391 3116 9382 3112 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 218DEG 23KT 3105 9403
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:10 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 15 days |
| Mar 9, 8:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 12 days |
| Mar 9, 10:38 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 67 min |
| Mar 9, 10:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 6 days |
| Mar 9, 11:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 10 days |
| Mar 9, 11:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 13 days |
| Mar 9, 3:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 60 min |
| Mar 9, 4:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:54 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 8 days |
| Mar 9, 5:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 5 hr |
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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.