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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 29, 2017Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2017, 3:19 PM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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: Mar 29, 2017, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2017, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 29, 3:25 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	1 Ene Hillister, TX	MULTIPLE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG FM 1013 EAST OF HILLISTER.
Mar 29, 3:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	Ivanhoe, TX	POWER POLES BLOWN OVER. FALLEN TREES ON HOUSE.

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
Mar 29, 2:11 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 451 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -384 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

852 
WFUS54 KLCH 292019
TORLCH
TXC241-457-292100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0019.170329T2019Z-170329T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
319 PM CDT WED MAR 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Tyler County in southeastern Texas...
  Central Jasper County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 400 PM CDT
    
* At 319 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Warren, moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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...
  Spurger around 355 PM CDT. 
  Town Bluff around 400 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Ivanhoe and Hillister.

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 3058 9443 3070 9451 3101 9422 3063 9398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 240DEG 16KT 3069 9440 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

MM

1 follow-up statement

264 
WWUS54 KLCH 292039
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
339 PM CDT WED MAR 29 2017

TXC241-457-292100-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170329T2100Z/
Tyler TX-Jasper TX-
339 PM CDT WED MAR 29 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL TYLER AND CENTRAL JASPER COUNTIES...
    
At 339 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Spurger, or near Town Bluff, moving northeast at 20
mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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. 

Locations impacted include...
Town Bluff and Spurger. 

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 3065 9431 3076 9438 3092 9417 3071 9403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 241DEG 17KT 3074 9428 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

MM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 4:17 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH		14 hr
Mar 29, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	42 min
Mar 29, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	46 min
Mar 29, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	41 min
Mar 29, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	62 min
Mar 29, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Newton, Orange	32 min
Mar 29, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson, Orange	55 min
Mar 29, 3:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	51 min
Mar 29, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	45 min
Mar 29, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	30 min
Mar 29, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jefferson	37 min
Mar 29, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	45 min
Mar 29, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Sabine	16 min
Mar 29, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	32 min
Mar 29, 5:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.