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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 3, 2017Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2017, 7:29 AM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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: May 3, 2017, 7:29 AM CDT (12:29 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2017, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Hardin County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:28 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
May 3, 7:30 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Kountze, TX	PUBLIC RELAYED PHOTOS OF ESTIMATED QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR VILLAGE MILLS IN KOUNTZE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
May 3, 7:37 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Kountze, TX	DISPATCH RELAYED REPORT OF DAMAGE TO CARPORT COVERS BEHIND CITY HALL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 2161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 12.3

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The text

As transmitted.

935 
WFUS54 KLCH 031229
TORLCH
TXC199-031300-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0033.170503T1229Z-170503T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
729 AM CDT WED MAY 3 2017

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Hardin County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 800 AM CDT
    
* At 729 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Kountze, moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
  Caney Head around 800 AM CDT. 

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 3053 9430 3053 9421 3048 9412 3036 9432
      3039 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 216DEG 16KT 3041 9432 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

TWH

1 follow-up statement

432 
WWUS54 KLCH 031239
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
739 AM CDT WED MAY 3 2017

TXC199-031300-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-170503T1300Z/
Hardin TX-
739 AM CDT WED MAY 3 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY...
    
At 738 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Kountze, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
  Caney Head around 800 AM CDT. 

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 3037 9433 3042 9434 3052 9419 3048 9412
      3037 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 1238Z 239DEG 14KT 3041 9428 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

TWH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 4:10 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH		20 hr
May 3, 4:10 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH		17 hr
May 3, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin, Tyler	55 min
May 3, 6:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	64 min
May 3, 7:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	46 min
May 3, 7:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper	46 min
May 3, 8:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	45 min
May 3, 8:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Tyler	3 hr
May 3, 9:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	2 hr
May 3, 11:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler	6 hr
May 3, 2:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Newton, Orange	7 days
May 3, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Tyler	44 min
May 3, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Newton	6 hr
May 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	6 hr
May 3, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	54 min
May 3, 6:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	4 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.