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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 4, 2022Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 2022, 9:44 PM CDT for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 2022, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 2022, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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 nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2022-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1347 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2022-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
407 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
17.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHAllen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Rapides, Vernon66 min
Nov 4, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Tyler10 min
Nov 4, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHTyler37 min
Nov 5, 12:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton63 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.