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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2017, 1:29 PM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. 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
- Aug 26, 2017, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2017, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 2221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted.
602
WFUS54 KLCH 261829
TORLCH
TXC241-457-261900-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0050.170826T1829Z-170826T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
129 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Tyler County in southeastern Texas...
East central Jasper County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 200 PM CDT
* At 129 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Spurger, or near Fred, moving northwest at 15 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...
Spurger around 135 PM CDT.
Town Bluff around 155 PM 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 3085 9445 3092 9400 3051 9395 3052 9407
3053 9408 3053 9422
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 151DEG 15KT 3066 9416
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Orange | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 11:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Orange | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 1:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jasper | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton, Orange | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Orange | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 6 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.