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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Lake Charles, LA

March 26, 2023Jasper County, Newton County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2023, 2:14 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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: Mar 26, 2023, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2023, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 26, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1253 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023

TXZ180-259-261830-
Northern Jasper TX-Tyler TX-
1253 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Tyler and northern
Jasper Counties through 130 PM CDT...

At 1253 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Goodrich, or 7 miles south of Livingston, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Woodville, Colmesneil, Chester, Ebenezer, Fred, Rockland, Warren,
Town Bluff, Magnolia Springs, Mt. Union, Spurger, Ivanhoe, Sam
Rayburn Dam and Hillister.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3106 9456 3106 9453 3104 9450 3105 9449
      3103 9448 3103 9447 3104 9444 3111 9406
      3053 9399 3053 9454 3101 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 240DEG 49KT 3060 9494

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Stigger/87

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 1:29 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
129 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023

TXZ180-259-261900-
Northern Jasper TX-Tyler TX-
129 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Tyler and northern
Jasper Counties through 200 PM CDT...

At 129 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Woodville, moving northeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Jasper, Woodville, Colmesneil, Chester, Ebenezer, Town Bluff,
Rockland, Ivanhoe, Hillister and Sam Rayburn Dam.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3105 9437 3111 9406 3090 9390 3054 9455
      3089 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 228DEG 55KT 3070 9452

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 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	Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Mary, Vermilion	10 hr
Mar 26, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	24 min
Mar 26, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	28 min
Mar 26, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	31 min
Mar 26, 3:02 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LCH	Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Mary and 2 more	17 hr
Mar 26, 3:02 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	LCH		18 hr
Mar 26, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Vernon	18 min
Mar 26, 3:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	18 min
Mar 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Vernon	27 min
Mar 26, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Rapides	32 min
Mar 26, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon	34 min
Mar 26, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen, Evangeline, Rapides	13 min
Mar 26, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Rapides	24 min
Mar 26, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	28 min
Mar 26, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LCH	Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides	43 min
Mar 26, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	27 min
Mar 26, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Avoyelles	22 min
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, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Tyler	15 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.