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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 20, 2017, 8:32 PM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Jasper County, Newton County, Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
- Jan 20, 2017, 8:32 PM CST (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 8:35 PM CST | HAIL 0.25 | Mauriceville, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 7:32 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
985
WFUS54 KLCH 210232
TORLCH
LAC019-TXC241-351-361-210300-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0007.170121T0232Z-170121T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
832 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2017
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana...
Southwestern Newton County in southeastern Texas...
Northeastern Orange County in southeastern Texas...
Southeastern Jasper County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 900 PM CST
* At 832 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Mauriceville, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Mauriceville and Gist around 840 PM CST.
Hartburg and Forest Heights around 850 PM CST.
Deweyville around 855 PM CST.
Starks around 900 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to 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 3025 9405 3045 9375 3042 9373 3041 9373
3040 9374 3040 9371 3022 9357 3009 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 240DEG 29KT 3021 9393
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
241 follow-up statement
775
WWUS54 KLCH 210250
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
850 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2017
TXC241-210300-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170121T0300Z/
Jasper TX-
850 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 200 AM CST for southwestern
Louisiana...and southeastern Texas.
LAT...LON 3027 9390 3033 9389 3045 9375 3042 9373
3040 9374 3040 9371 3022 9357 3013 9384
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 239DEG 33KT 3029 9376
$$
LAC019-TXC351-361-210300-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170121T0300Z/
Calcasieu LA-Newton TX-Orange TX-
850 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISH...SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON AND NORTHEASTERN
ORANGE COUNTIES...
At 850 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Deweyville, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Starks around 900 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to 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 3027 9390 3033 9389 3045 9375 3042 9373
3040 9374 3040 9371 3022 9357 3013 9384
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 239DEG 33KT 3029 9376
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 42 min |
| Jan 20, 8:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 21 min |
| Jan 20, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 23 min |
| Jan 20, 9:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Calcasieu | 37 min |
| Jan 20, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 25 min |
| Jan 20, 10:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 24 min |
| Jan 20, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 34 min |
| Jan 20, 10:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| Jan 20, 10:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 28 min |
| Jan 20, 10:50 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 55 min | |
| Jan 20, 10:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline | 31 min |
| Jan 20, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 25 min |
| Jan 20, 11:09 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | LCH | 66 min | |
| Jan 20, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 20 min |
| Jan 20, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 32 min |
| Jan 20, 11:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Saint Landry | 28 min |
| Jan 20, 11:35 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Calcasieu | 115 min |
| Jan 20, 11:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 8 min |
| Jan 20, 11:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 19 min |
| Jan 21, 12:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Saint Landry | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 12:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles | 44 min |
| Jan 21, 12:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Saint Landry | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 12:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 67 min |
| Jan 21, 1:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Landry | 68 min |
| Jan 21, 1:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 26 min |
| Jan 21, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Avoyelles, Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 56 min |
| Jan 21, 1:45 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Evangeline, Rapides | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 2:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Avoyelles, Saint Landry | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 2:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Saint Martin | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 3:19 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | LCH | 6 hr | |
| Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 4 days |
| Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 7 days |
| Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 5 days |
| Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 5 days |
| Jan 21, 8:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Saint Landry, Saint Martin | 57 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:26 AM CST | Gale Warning | LCH | 45 hr | |
| Jan 21, 9:26 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | LCH | 54 hr | |
| Jan 21, 1:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Cameron, Evangeline, Lafayette and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:45 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry | 45 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:35 PM CST | Low Water Advisory | LCH | 18 hr | |
| Jan 20, 7:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jan 20, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 29 min |
| Jan 20, 7:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin | 33 min |
| Jan 20, 7:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 35 min |
| Jan 20, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jan 20, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jan 20, 7:49 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 116 min |
| Jan 20, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 37 min |
| Jan 20, 8:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 30 min |
| Jan 20, 8:43 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 6 days |
| Jan 20, 11:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 12:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Newton | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.