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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 22, 2020Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2020, 6:43 PM CDT for 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: Apr 22, 2020, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2020, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in

Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 22, 5:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

446 
WFUS54 KLCH 222343
TORLCH
TXC241-457-230015-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0007.200422T2343Z-200423T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
643 PM CDT Wed Apr 22 2020

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Tyler County in southeastern Texas...
  Northern Jasper County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 715 PM CDT.
    
* At 642 PM CDT, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado
  was located over Colmesneil, moving east at 40 mph.

  This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

  IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris 
           may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile 
           homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes, 
           businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete 
           destruction is possible.

* The tornado will be near...
  Ebenezer around 705 PM CDT.
  Jasper around 715 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Sam
Rayburn Dam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3100 9452 3110 9413 3111 9406 3113 9402
      3083 9399 3085 9450
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 266DEG 37KT 3093 9440 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

154 
WWUS54 KLCH 222357
SVSLCH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
657 PM CDT Wed Apr 22 2020

TXC241-457-230015-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200423T0015Z/
Tyler TX-Jasper TX-
657 PM CDT Wed Apr 22 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TYLER AND NORTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
        
At 657 PM CDT, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was
located 8 miles southwest of Ebenezer, moving east at 40 mph.

This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may 
         be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes 
         will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes, 
         businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction 
         is possible.

The tornado will be near...
  Jasper around 720 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3087 9427 3099 9428 3105 9401 3083 9399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 270DEG 35KT 3093 9422 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 10:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LCH	Newton	21 days
Apr 22, 1:59 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	LCH		5 hr
Apr 22, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Tyler	46 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.