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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2016, 6:10 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2016, 6:10 AM CDT (11:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2016, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 6:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Kirbyville, TX | FACEBOOK PHOTO SHOWS A TREE FELL ON A MANUFACTURED HOME ON COUNTY ROAD 598. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
599
WFUS54 KLCH 301110
TORLCH
TXC241-351-301145-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0018.160430T1110Z-160430T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
610 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
WEST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT
* AT 610 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALL...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
KIRBYVILLE AND CALL AROUND 625 AM CDT.
TROUT CREEK AND OLD SALEM AROUND 635 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BLEAKWOOD.
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 3074 9379 3052 9373 3050 9404 3059 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1110Z 255DEG 24KT 3056 9398
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
242 follow-up statements
831
WWUS54 KLCH 301125
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
625 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
TXC241-351-301145-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160430T1145Z/
JASPER TX-NEWTON TX-
625 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER AND WEST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES...
AT 624 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED A LOWERING
WALL CALL JUST WEST OF CALL AT 6:21 AM.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TROUT CREEK AND OLD SALEM AROUND 630 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BLEAKWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3051 9392 3063 9399 3074 9379 3053 9373
3052 9378
TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 242DEG 26KT 3061 9388
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RUA614
WWUS54 KLCH 301126 CCA
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
625 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
TXC241-351-301145-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160430T1145Z/
JASPER TX-NEWTON TX-
625 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER AND WEST CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTIES...
AT 624 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED A LOWERING
WALL CLOUD JUST WEST OF CALL AT 6:21 AM.
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...
TROUT CREEK AND OLD SALEM AROUND 630 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BLEAKWOOD.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3051 9392 3063 9399 3074 9379 3053 9373
3052 9378
TIME...MOT...LOC 1124Z 242DEG 26KT 3061 9388
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RUAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 6 days |
| Apr 30, 4:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 4:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 5:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 7:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Orange | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 92 min |
| Apr 30, 9:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 12 days |
| Apr 30, 9:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 63 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.