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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Dec 3, 2016, 10:59 AM CST for Jefferson County, Orange County, Texas; Cameron Parish, Louisiana. 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
- Dec 3, 2016, 10:59 AM CST (16:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2016, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Cameron Parish, LA, Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
869
WFUS54 KLCH 031659
TORLCH
LAC023-TXC245-361-031730-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0031.161203T1659Z-161203T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1059 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CST
* AT 1058 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER PORT ARTHUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
GROVES AND PORT NECHES AROUND 1110 AM CST.
BRIDGE CITY AROUND 1120 AM CST.
ORANGEFIELD AROUND 1125 AM CST.
WEST ORANGE AROUND 1130 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 2990 9409 3014 9380 2992 9364 2985 9379
2997 9376 3000 9379 2998 9383 2999 9386
2997 9384 2986 9393 2981 9388 2985 9394
2983 9395 2982 9392 2981 9395 2980 9394
2981 9393 2978 9394 2976 9398
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 233DEG 26KT 2988 9396
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MM1 follow-up statement
572
WWUS54 KLCH 031713
SVSLCH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1113 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016
LAC023-TXC245-361-031730-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-161203T1730Z/
CAMERON LA-ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON TX-
1113 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISH...SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE AND EAST CENTRAL
JEFFERSON COUNTIES...
AT 1113 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GROVES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRIDGE CITY AROUND 1120 AM CST.
ORANGEFIELD AROUND 1125 AM CST.
WEST ORANGE AROUND 1130 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2988 9391 2997 9399 3013 9380 2993 9365
2986 9379 2997 9376 3000 9379 2998 9383
2999 9386 2997 9384
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 233DEG 26KT 2995 9386
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 3:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 60 hr |
| Dec 3, 7:18 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Dec 3, 10:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 24 min |
| Dec 3, 12:06 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 114 min |
| Dec 3, 1:36 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 24 hr |
| Dec 3, 2:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 116 min |
| Dec 3, 3:58 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 2 hr |
| Dec 3, 1:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Dec 3, 2:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 42 min | |
| Dec 3, 3:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 2 hr | |
| Dec 3, 5:22 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 83 min | |
| Dec 3, 6:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 87 min | |
| Dec 3, 8:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Rapides | 11 days |
| Dec 3, 8:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 6 days |
| Dec 3, 9:26 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Dec 3, 10:51 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 39 min | |
| Dec 3, 2:13 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 2 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:48 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 117 min |
| Dec 3, 4:56 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 2 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.