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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2017, 9:43 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 32 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 27, 2017, 9:43 AM CDT (14:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2017, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Hardin County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
557
WFUS54 KLCH 271443
TORLCH
TXC199-241-245-361-271515-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0061.170827T1443Z-170827T1515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
943 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Jefferson County in southeastern Texas...
Eastern Hardin County in southeastern Texas...
Northwestern Orange County in southeastern Texas...
South central Jasper County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 1015 AM CDT
* At 943 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Lakeview, or near Lumberton, moving northwest 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...
Lumberton and Evadale around 955 AM CDT.
Silsbee and Kountze around 1010 AM CDT.
Caney Head around 1015 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 3036 9451 3053 9418 3052 9412 3016 9397
3009 9416
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 154DEG 28KT 3021 9411
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 27, 1:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 14 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 8 days |
| Aug 27, 8:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 9:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 9:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton, Orange | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Orange | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 58 min |
| Aug 27, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 33 min |
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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.