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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 31, 2018Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2018, 8:10 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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: Oct 31, 2018, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2018, 8:37 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 31, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 1529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 7.2

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The text

As transmitted.

993 
WFUS54 KLCH 010110
TORLCH
TXC241-351-010200-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0026.181101T0110Z-181101T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
810 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Newton County in southeastern Texas...
  East central Jasper County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.
    
* At 809 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Kirbyville, moving northeast at 15 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...
  Call around 820 PM CDT.
  Kirbyville around 825 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bleakwood.

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 3076 9397 3076 9388 3071 9382 3063 9383
      3058 9396 3061 9402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 212DEG 15KT 3062 9397 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

K. Kuyper

2 follow-up statements

690 
WWUS54 KLCH 010132
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
832 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018

TXC241-351-010200-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-181101T0200Z/
Newton TX-Jasper TX-
832 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL NEWTON AND EAST CENTRAL JASPER COUNTIES...
    
At 832 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Kirbyville, moving northeast 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Newton and east central Jasper Counties, including the
following locations... Bleakwood.

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 3074 9394 3076 9388 3071 9382 3063 9383
      3064 9390 3068 9396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 225DEG 18KT 3070 9388 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

K. Kuyper

850 
WWUS54 KLCH 010137
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
837 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018

TXC241-351-010146-
/O.CAN.KLCH.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-181101T0200Z/
Newton TX-Jasper TX-
837 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL NEWTON AND EAST CENTRAL
JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southeastern
Texas.

LAT...LON 3074 9394 3076 9388 3071 9382 3063 9383
      3064 9390 3068 9396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 212DEG 15KT 3071 9387 

$$

K. Kuyper

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 31, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Hardin	49 min
Oct 31, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	14 min
Oct 31, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Hardin	47 min
Oct 31, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper	52 min
Oct 31, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Orange	48 min
Oct 31, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	26 min
Oct 31, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Newton	65 min
Oct 31, 8:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin	3 hr
Oct 31, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Hardin	44 min
Oct 31, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	44 min
Oct 31, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Orange	61 min
Nov 1, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange	5 days
Nov 1, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Hardin, Jefferson	3 days

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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.