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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Feb 11, 2024, 10:57 AM CST for Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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
- Feb 11, 2024, 10:57 AM CST (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2024, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Tyler County, TX
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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
711
WFUS54 KLCH 111657
TORLCH
TXC457-111730-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0002.240211T1657Z-240211T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1057 AM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Tyler County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 1130 AM CST.
* At 1057 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Seven Oaks, or 12 miles west of Chester,
moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Chester around 1105 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile
home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and
protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3106 9456 3105 9454 3106 9453 3104 9450
3105 9449 3103 9448 3103 9445 3100 9445
3100 9444 3087 9437 3079 9461 3101 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 245DEG 32KT 3089 9480
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
Stigger/872 follow-up statements
760
WWUS54 KLCH 111710
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1110 AM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
TXC457-111730-
/O.CON.KLCH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240211T1730Z/
Tyler TX-
1110 AM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN TYLER COUNTY...
At 1108 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Chester, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Chester around 1115 AM CST.
Colmesneil around 1125 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile
home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and
protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3106 9456 3105 9454 3106 9453 3104 9450
3105 9449 3103 9448 3103 9445 3100 9445
3100 9444 3089 9438 3084 9462 3101 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 245DEG 32KT 3093 9470
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
Stigger/87948
WWUS54 KLCH 111726
SVSLCH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1126 AM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
TXC457-111735-
/O.EXP.KLCH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240211T1730Z/
Tyler TX-
1126 AM CST Sun Feb 11 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TYLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1130 AM CST...
The Tornado Warning that was previously in effect has been reissued!
Please refer to that bulletin for the latest severe weather
information.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CST for southeastern
Texas.
Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect!
&&
LAT...LON 3106 9456 3105 9454 3106 9453 3104 9450
3105 9449 3103 9448 3103 9445 3100 9445
3100 9444 3089 9438 3084 9462 3101 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 245DEG 32KT 3099 9455
$$
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, 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, 1:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.