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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2020, 2:03 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 12 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 26, 2020, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2020, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted.
780
WFUS54 KLCH 261903
TORLCH
TXC199-457-261915-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0039.200826T1903Z-200826T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
Issued by National Weather Service Brownsville TX
203 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2020
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...
* Until 215 PM CDT.
* At 202 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located OVER Caney Head, or NEAR Fred, moving northwest at 35
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...
Warren around 215 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hillister and Ivanhoe.
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 9435 3058 9409 3057 9409 3056 9408
3055 9409 3054 9407 3053 9407 3042 9414
3053 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 121DEG 29KT 3052 9419
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
MejiaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 11:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 91 min |
| Aug 26, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Orange | 91 min |
| Aug 26, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Hardin, Orange, Tyler | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 20 min |
| Aug 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 27 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.