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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Lake Charles, LA

July 17, 2024Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2024, 6:10 PM CDT for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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: Jul 17, 2024, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 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 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 17, 3:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 12:59 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1259 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1259 PM     Funnel Cloud     3 NNE Church Point      30.45N 92.19W
07/17/2024                   St. Landry         LA   Trained Spotter

            Spotter reports weak funnel descending from
            tropical shower near Church Point.

&&

mkc

Local storm report, Jul 17, 3:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
339 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1057 AM     Tornado          5 S Jasper              30.84N 94.00W
07/08/2024                   Jasper             TX   NWS Storm Survey

            *** 1 INJ ***
            A National Weather Service storm survey
            revealed that an EF-2 tornado impacted areas
            near Jasper, Texas. The tornado touched down
            somewhere in the Little Walnut Run Valley
            and tracked about 12 miles to the northwest
            lifting somewhere in the Indian Creek
            Valley. The tornado also tracked through the
            west side of the city of Jasper. Numerous
            power poles and trees were snapped or
            uprooted. Numerous homes and outbuildings
            were heavily damaged. The tornado weakened
            as it crossed Highway 190 in Jasper, only to
            regain EF-2 strength as it crossed Houston
            Street in a wooded area. There was one
            injury associated with this tornado. The
            path was extended 07/17/2024 to both the
            southeast and northwest with the aid of high
            resolution satellite imagery provided by
            NASA MSFC, NASA CSDA and the NASA Disasters
            Program.

&&

mkc

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 10:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		38 min
Jul 17, 12:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LCH	Saint Martin	25 min
Jul 17, 1:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	LCH		30 min
Jul 17, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	41 min
Jul 17, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper	29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.