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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 8, 2016, 8:14 PM CST for Hardin County, Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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, 8:14 PM CST (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2016, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.
262
WFUS54 KLCH 090214
TORLCH
TXC199-241-351-090245-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0002.160109T0214Z-160109T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
814 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CST
* AT 813 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GIST...OR NEAR EVADALE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 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...
DEWEYVILLE AND WRIGHTS SETTLEMENT AROUND 830 PM CST.
DEVILS POCKET AROUND 835 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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3063 9372 3059 9370 3058 9373 3054 9374
3052 9371 3048 9372 3044 9370 3042 9372
3043 9372 3041 9373 3039 9376 3036 9375
3033 9376 3030 9374 3029 9371 3028 9371
3024 9382 3024 9405 3038 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 243DEG 34KT 3031 9398
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
13The 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, 7:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson | 23 min |
| Jan 8, 8:11 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 3 hr |
| 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.