A cold front produced showers and thunderstorms, one of which caused a tornado touch down in Newton County.
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The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
A cold front produced showers and thunderstorms, one of which caused a tornado touch down in Newton County.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Nov 8, 6:22 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
622 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED PUBLIC PRODUCTS TO REFLECT NEW TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 AM...AND ALSO TO ADJUST POPS/WX TO FIT LATEST RADAR
TRENDS/FCST THINKING.
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&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 555 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011/
DISCUSSION...
FOR 00Z TAF ISSUANCE.
AVIATION...
CURRENTLY WATCHING SCT SH/TS AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT
AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE WRN FORECAST AREA...WHILE MORE ROBUST
CONVECTION CONTINUES ALONG OR JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT ESSENTIALLY
ALONG THE HIGHWAY 59 CORRIDOR JUST WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE
ATTEMPTED TO TIME THE ONSET OF SHOWER ACTIVITY WHILE INCLUDING
TEMPOS FOR THUNDER IN THE HOURS PRIOR TO FROPA. EXPECTING THE
FRONT TO PASS KBPT PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT...KLCH/KAEX AROUND MIDNIGHT...
THEN THE SERN SITES A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER. AFTER FROPA LOOKING
AT THE CHANCE OF SOME LINGERING LIGHT RAIN WITH MVFR CLOUDS BEFORE
CLEARING OUT AROUND DAYBREAK. AFTER SUNUP LOOKING AT BRISK NRLY
WINDS DEVELOPING WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 20 KNOTS MOST SITES.
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PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 412 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011/
DISCUSSION...
TOR WATCH TILL 8 PM FOR SE TEXAS. RADAR IS INDICATING STORMS
DEVELOPING OVER SE TX AT THIS TIME. STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST. THE COLD FRONT IS MOVING THRU CNTRL TX AT THIS TIME.
THIS FRONT WILL MOVE THRU EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH DRIER AIR
SPILLING IN AND STORMS ENDING BEFORE THE NOON HOUR. WINDS HAVE
REMAINED UP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE WINDS TO SWING AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND
INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KNOTS TOWARDS SUNRISE.
COOLER AND WINDY TOMORROW WITH DRIER AIR CONTG TO MOVE IN. CLOUDS
WILL LEAVE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ONLY TO REDEVELOP LATE ON
WEDNESDAY AS A SHORTWAVE RIPPLES BY. LOOKS LIKE FRIDAY MORNING
WILL STILL BE THE COLDEST WITH TEMPS AT OR NEAR FREEZING AS FAR
SOUTH AS THE I-10 CORRIDOR. THE WEEKEND IS SHAPING UP PRETTY GOOD
WITH A THREAT OF RAIN LATE INTO THE WEEKEND.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 61 70 45 67 37 / 70 10 10 0 0
KBPT 57 69 47 68 38 / 80 10 10 0 0
KAEX 56 69 41 67 32 / 70 10 10 0 0
KLFT 64 71 46 66 35 / 90 30 10 0 0
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...COASTAL WATERS FROM
CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS
FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
OUT 20 NM...SABINE LAKE...VERMILION BAY...WATERS FROM
INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS
FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS
FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...COASTAL WATERS FROM
CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS
FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA
OUT 20 NM...SABINE LAKE...VERMILION BAY...WATERS FROM
INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS
FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS
FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 540 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-091100- SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 540 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH WARNING CRITERIA WITH GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 KNOTS TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA UNTIL FRIDAY. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ON VESSELS MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS. WE WILL BE CALLING ON AFFECTED RIGS FOR ANY VERIFICATION DATA THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-091100- VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-HARDIN- JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER- SOUTHERN NEWTON- 540 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES LATE TONIGHT, THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD END. ABOUT AN INCH OF RAINFALL SHOULD BE COMMON FROM THIS SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY COOL AND CHILLY NIGHTS AND MILD DAYS INTO THIS WEEKEND. RAIN CHANCES RETURN ON MONDAY AS ANOTHER PACIFIC FRONT APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS TONIGHT. SWEENEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
450 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ180-201-259-261-082330-
HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-TYLER TX-SOUTHERN JASPER TX-
450 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER AND TYLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CST...
AT 447 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WARREN TO 6 MILES WEST OF BATSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
VILLAGE MILLS BY 455 PM...
BATSON BY 500 PM...
SARATOGA BY 505 PM...
SPURGER BY 515 PM...
HONEY ISLAND AND TOWN BLUFF BY 525 PM...
FRED AND CANEY HEAD BY 530 PM...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TUESDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3050 9468 3050 9455 3059 9457 3094 9413
3058 9395 3017 9462 3046 9473
TINGLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
534 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ180-201-090030-
HARDIN TX-TYLER TX-
534 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN AND TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL
630 PM CST...
AT 531 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VOTAW TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VOTAW...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
VOTAW BY 540 PM...
THICKET BY 605 PM...
WILDWOOD BY 615 PM...
VILLAGE MILLS BY 625 PM...
HONEY ISLAND BY 630 PM...
IF THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS CONTINUES TO HOLD THEIR CURRENT STRUCTURE
A WARNING MAY BE NEED FOR PORTIONS OF HARDIN AND TYLER COUNTIES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3050 9455 3061 9457 3065 9447 3040 9431
3021 9464 3041 9471 3049 9473
TINGLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
608 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ180-201-090030-
HARDIN TX-TYLER TX-
608 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN AND TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL
630 PM CST...
AT 531 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VOTAW
AND THICKET WARREN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
A CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH HARDIN AND
TYLER COUNTIES AS OF 605 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3050 9455 3061 9457 3065 9447 3040 9431
3021 9464 3041 9471 3049 9473
TINGLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
627 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ180-201-259-090130-
HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-TYLER TX-
627 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER AND TYLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CST...
AT 622 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VOTAW TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPURGER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
* THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SPURGER...
VOTAW...
THICKET...
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...
WILDWOOD...
MT. UNION...
AND VILLAGE MILLS...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3050 9455 3061 9457 3090 9404 3064 9390
3024 9465 3045 9473 3049 9473
TINGLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
737 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ180-201-259>262-090230-
HARDIN TX-NORTHERN JASPER TX-NORTHERN NEWTON TX-TYLER TX-
SOUTHERN JASPER TX-SOUTHERN NEWTON TX-
737 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...JASPER...NEWTON AND
TYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CST...
AT 731 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
WEST OF WILDWOOD TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROGANVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND
AROUND...HARRISBURG...JAMESTOWN...WILDWOOD...FARRSVILLE...VILLAGE
MILLS AND KOUNTZE.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3050 9455 3061 9457 3116 9363 3062 9370
3027 9392 3028 9425 3049 9470
TINGLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
739 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
TXZ215-090230-
JEFFERSON TX-
739 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM
CST...
AT 736 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTH OF HAMSHIRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...HAMSHIRE...
FANNETT...LA BELLE AND PORT ACRES.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2957 9436 2980 9436 2998 9405 2967 9386
2967 9403 2956 9435
TINGLERThe Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:59 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down near Call, pulling some tin off a barn behind the convenience store, before snapping dozens of pine trees on Highway 82 near the Highway 1004 intersection.
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