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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2024, 1:28 PM CST for Hardin County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2024, 1:28 PM CST (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2024, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hardin County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 1:39 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Warren, TX | Picture on Slack. |
| Feb 11, 2:05 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Spurger, TX | Video on Twitter. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 8:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
951
WUUS54 KLCH 111928
SVRLCH
TXC199-457-112000-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0021.240211T1928Z-240211T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
128 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Tyler County in southeastern Texas...
North central Hardin County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 200 PM CST.
* At 128 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
of Wildwood, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Woodville, Warren, Wildwood, Spurger, Ivanhoe, and Hillister.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CST for southeastern
Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 3049 9454 3069 9458 3091 9434 3067 9412
3045 9458 3049 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 234DEG 38KT 3057 9457
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Stigger/872 follow-up statements
510
WWUS54 KLCH 111944
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
144 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
TXC199-111953-
/O.CAN.KLCH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240211T2000Z/
Hardin TX-
144 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CST for southeastern
Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 3054 9443 3068 9457 3091 9434 3067 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 234DEG 38KT 3067 9441
$$
TXC457-112000-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240211T2000Z/
Tyler TX-
144 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST
FOR SOUTHERN TYLER COUNTY...
At 143 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Warren, moving
northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Woodville, Warren, Spurger, Ivanhoe, and Hillister.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CST for southeastern
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3054 9443 3068 9457 3091 9434 3067 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 234DEG 38KT 3067 9441
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Stigger/87575
WWUS54 KLCH 111950
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
150 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
TXC457-112000-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240211T2000Z/
Tyler TX-
150 PM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY...
At 149 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Woodville,
moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Woodville, Spurger, Ivanhoe, and Hillister.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CST for southeastern
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3057 9436 3071 9448 3090 9433 3067 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 234DEG 38KT 3071 9434
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Stigger/87The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 7:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 30 min |
| Feb 11, 10:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 8 min |
| Feb 11, 12:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Tyler | 23 min |
| Feb 11, 12:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 20 min |
| Feb 11, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 24 min |
| Feb 11, 1:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LCH | Newton | 36 min |
| Feb 11, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 29 min |
| Feb 11, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 27 min |
| Feb 11, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.