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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 26, 2017Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2017, 2:40 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
Aug 26, 2017, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2017, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Hardin County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 2:55 PM CDTTORNADOHoney Island, TXFIRE STATION EMPLOYEE REPORTED SEEING A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HONEY ISLAND, TX

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 26, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2221 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

754 
WFUS54 KLCH 261940
TORLCH
TXC199-262015-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0052.170826T1940Z-170826T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
240 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

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

* Until 315 PM CDT
    
* At 240 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Honey Island, or near Kountze, moving north at 30
  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...
  Honey Island around 245 PM CDT. 
  Village Mills around 255 PM CDT. 
  Wildwood around 300 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 3049 9463 3049 9454 3053 9454 3053 9426
      3020 9418 3017 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 159DEG 27KT 3035 9441 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHOrange35 min
Aug 26, 11:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange6 hr
Aug 26, 12:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin6 hr
Aug 26, 12:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Orange28 min
Aug 26, 12:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Tyler35 min
Aug 26, 1:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Tyler5 hr
Aug 26, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Tyler31 min
Aug 26, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHJasper34 min
Aug 26, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin32 min
Aug 26, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Tyler36 min
Aug 26, 2:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHNewton, Orange4 hr
Aug 26, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHHardin, Tyler24 min
Aug 26, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHTyler27 min
Aug 26, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Orange27 min
Aug 26, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHNewton30 min
Aug 26, 5:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange6 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.