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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Lake Charles, LA

August 28, 2017Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2017, 3:14 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 28, 2017, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Jefferson County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 28, 3:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N La Belle, TX	SHERIFF DEPUTY REPORTED BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD. NO DAMAGE.

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
Aug 28, 12:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 377 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 499 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

310 
WFUS54 KLCH 282014
TORLCH
TXC245-282045-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0095.170828T2014Z-170828T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
314 PM CDT MON AUG 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Jefferson County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 345 PM CDT
    
* At 314 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over La Belle, or 9 miles southwest of Central Gardens,
  moving northwest at 10 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. 

* Locations impacted include...
  La Belle and Fannett. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2991 9408 2985 9413 2997 9437 3010 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 131DEG 10KT 2991 9415 

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

$$

Jones

1 follow-up statement

780 
WWUS54 KLCH 282030
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
330 PM CDT MON AUG 28 2017

TXC245-282045-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-170828T2045Z/
Jefferson TX-
330 PM CDT MON AUG 28 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...
    
At 330 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fannett, or 9 miles northeast of Hamshire, moving
northwest at 10 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. 

Locations impacted include...
Fannett.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2994 9412 2988 9418 2997 9437 3010 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 131DEG 10KT 2994 9419 

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

$$

Jones

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	30 min
Aug 27, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	51 min
Aug 27, 7:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange	10 hr
Aug 27, 9:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	36 min
Aug 27, 11:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Newton, Orange	8 hr
Aug 28, 12:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	26 min
Aug 28, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	41 min
Aug 28, 3:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	38 min
Aug 28, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	50 min
Aug 28, 5:00 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LCH		9 hr
Aug 28, 5:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange	12 hr
Aug 28, 7:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Newton, Orange	11 hr
Aug 28, 8:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	11 hr
Aug 28, 9:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Newton	10 days
Aug 28, 9:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	22 min
Aug 28, 10:20 AM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	LCH		58 hr
Aug 28, 10:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	11 days
Aug 28, 10:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper	15 days
Aug 28, 2:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Orange	13 days
Aug 28, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jefferson	30 min
Aug 28, 3:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	33 min
Aug 28, 4:15 PM CDT	Storm Surge Watch	LCH		51 hr
Aug 28, 5:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	28 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.