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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2017, 1:54 PM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2017, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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, 6.9 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.
- 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.
920
WFUS54 KLCH 261854
TORLCH
TXC241-457-261930-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0051.170826T1854Z-170826T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
154 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Tyler County in southeastern Texas...
Northwestern Jasper County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 230 PM CDT
* At 154 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Town Bluff, moving northwest at 35 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...
Colmesneil around 215 PM CDT.
Rockland around 220 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 3105 9459 3106 9453 3104 9451 3105 9449
3103 9448 3103 9447 3110 9414 3075 9404
3072 9427 3103 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 151DEG 32KT 3081 9421
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
241 follow-up statement
106
WWUS54 KLCH 261916
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
216 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
TXC241-457-261930-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-170826T1930Z/
Tyler TX-Jasper TX-
216 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
TYLER AND NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
At 216 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Rockland, moving northwest at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Rockland around 220 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3105 9459 3106 9453 3104 9451 3105 9449
3103 9448 3103 9447 3110 9414 3082 9407
3078 9426 3103 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 151DEG 32KT 3099 9432
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
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, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 31 min |
| 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, 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.