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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 3, 2016Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 3, 2016, 10:36 AM CST for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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
Dec 3, 2016, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
Expired
Dec 3, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 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

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 291 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-12-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

409 
WFUS54 KLCH 031636
TORLCH
TXC245-361-031700-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0030.161203T1636Z-161203T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1036 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST
    
* AT 1036 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LA BELLE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF HAMSHIRE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  PORT ACRES AROUND 1050 AM CST. 
  SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 1055 AM CST. 
  PORT ARTHUR...NEDERLAND...GROVES...PORT NECHES AND CENTRAL GARDENS 
  AROUND 1100 AM CST. 

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 2981 9426 3011 9391 2999 9380 2998 9383
      2999 9386 2997 9384 2996 9387 2993 9386
      2986 9393 2984 9392 2985 9394 2984 9395
      2982 9394 2983 9392 2981 9393 2981 9395
      2980 9394 2980 9393 2977 9394 2967 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 231DEG 31KT 2979 9412 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MM
1 follow-up statement
493 
WWUS54 KLCH 031654
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1054 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016

TXC245-361-031700-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-161203T1700Z/
ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON TX-
1054 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ORANGE AND EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES...
    
AT 1053 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT ACRES...OR NEAR PORT ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE AND EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES.

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 2976 9400 2988 9413 3009 9393 2999 9383
      2998 9383 2999 9386 2997 9384 2996 9387
      2993 9386 2986 9393 2984 9392 2985 9394
      2984 9395 2982 9394 2983 9392 2981 9393
      2981 9395 2980 9394 2980 9393 2979 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 231DEG 31KT 2989 9398 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

MM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 3:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler60 hr
Dec 3, 7:18 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHJefferson4 hr
Dec 3, 10:59 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHJefferson, Orange31 min
Dec 3, 12:06 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange114 min
Dec 3, 1:36 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHJefferson, Orange24 hr
Dec 3, 2:04 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange116 min
Dec 3, 3:58 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange2 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.