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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 26, 2023Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2023, 2:00 PM CDT for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 15 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: Mar 26, 2023, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2023, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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
Mar 26, 12:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

As transmitted.

290 
WUUS54 KLCH 261900
SVRLCH
TXC241-457-261915-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0021.230326T1900Z-230326T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
200 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Tyler County in southeastern Texas...
  Northeastern Jasper County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 159 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Town Bluff,
  moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement. Tyler Co 911.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Jasper, Town Bluff, Spurger, Roganville, Magnolia Springs, Ivanhoe
  and Hillister.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southeastern
Texas.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southeastern
Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3105 9412 3080 9387 3079 9387 3053 9432
      3065 9443
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 237DEG 45KT 3081 9414 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Stigger/87

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 10:54 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Jefferson, Orange	10 hr
Mar 26, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	37 min
Mar 26, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Tyler	14 min
Mar 26, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Tyler	31 min
Mar 26, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Tyler	25 min
Mar 26, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton, Tyler	31 min
Mar 26, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Newton	24 min
Mar 26, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Newton	31 min
Mar 26, 3:02 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler	17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.