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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

January 21, 2016Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2016, 12:04 PM CST for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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 21, 2016, 12:04 PM CST (18:04 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 12:29 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 21, 11:48 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1051 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

As transmitted.

860 
WFUS54 KLCH 211804
TORLCH
TXC241-457-211845-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0009.160121T1804Z-160121T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1204 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST
    
* AT 1204 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CHESTER...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...
  COLMESNEIL AROUND 1225 PM CST.
  ROCKLAND AROUND 1235 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3106 9456 3105 9449 3103 9447 3110 9414
      3105 9410 3104 9410 3081 9461 3101 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 238DEG 29KT 3092 9464 

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

$$

TINGLER

2 follow-up statements

410 
WWUS54 KLCH 211814
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1214 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

TXC241-457-211845-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160121T1845Z/
TYLER TX-JASPER TX-
1214 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN TYLER AND NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
    
AT 1214 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CHESTER...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...
  COLMESNEIL AROUND 1220 PM CST.
  ROCKLAND AROUND 1230 PM CST.
  EBENEZER AROUND 1245 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3104 9455 3105 9449 3103 9447 3110 9414
      3105 9410 3104 9410 3091 9441 3087 9462
      3097 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 238DEG 35KT 3097 9454 

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

$$

TINGLER

071 
WWUS54 KLCH 211829
SVSLCH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1229 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

TXC241-457-211839-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160121T1845Z/
TYLER TX-JASPER TX-
1229 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TYLER AND NORTHWESTERN JASPER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3104 9455 3105 9449 3103 9447 3110 9414
      3105 9410 3104 9410 3091 9441 3087 9462
      3097 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 238DEG 29KT 3103 9442 

$$

TINGLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 12:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	30 min
Jan 21, 12:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	43 min
Jan 21, 12:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper	19 min
Jan 21, 12:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Sabine	23 min
Jan 21, 12:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	41 min
Jan 21, 12:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	38 min
Jan 21, 12:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Newton	41 min
Jan 21, 1:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Newton	40 min
Jan 21, 1:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	44 min
Jan 21, 2:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	33 min
Jan 21, 3:06 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton	26 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.