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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2017, 10:43 AM CDT for Hardin County, Jasper County, Tyler County, 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, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2017, 11:15 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, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
630
WFUS54 KLCH 271543
TORLCH
TXC199-241-457-271615-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0063.170827T1543Z-170827T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1043 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Tyler County in southeastern Texas...
Northeastern Hardin County in southeastern Texas...
South central Jasper County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 1115 AM CDT
* At 1043 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Silsbee, moving northwest at 20 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...
Kountze around 1105 AM CDT.
Caney Head around 1110 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 3031 9399 3024 9417 3050 9447 3066 9415
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 143DEG 17KT 3034 9415
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, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 32 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, 10:47 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.