Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1255 AM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM THIS THURSDAY
MORNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA DUE TO
THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE BONNIE...

AT 1225 AM...LAKE CHARLES RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF RAIN MIXED WITH
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF ORANGE TEXAS TO JUST WEST OF
ABBEYVILLE AND EXTENDING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED RIGHT ALONG THE COAST FROM JUST EAST
OF CAMERON TO VERMILLION BAY.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS..THUNDERSTORMS AND BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN
OVER THE GULF TO OVER 100 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN FREEPORT TEXAS AND
ATCHAFALAYA BAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE BONNIE.

SINCE HURRICANES OFTEN SPAWN NUMEROUS SHORT LIVED TORNADOS..A TORNADO
WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF
SOUTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA.  THE TORNADO WATCH ALSO EXTENDED INTO THE
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS...AND INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.

THE STRONGEST RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OFFSHORE..CONCENTRATED
MAINLY AROUND AND EAST OF THE CENTER OF BONNIE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 4MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
140 AM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM THIS THURSDAY MORNING
FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA DUE TO THE EFFECTS
OF HURRICANE BONNIE...

AT 125 AM...LAKE CHARLES RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF RAIN MIXED WITH
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS RIGHT ALONG THE GULF COAST BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS AND WHITE LAKE.  SHOWERS AND DISSIPATING THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DETECTED BETWEEN KINDER AND VERMILLION BAY.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS..THUNDERSTORMS AND BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN
OVER THE GULF TO OVER 100 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN FREEPORT TEXAS AND
ATCHAFALAYA BAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE BONNIE.

SINCE HURRICANES OFTEN SPAWN NUMEROUS SHORT LIVED TORNADOS..A TORNADO
WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL
LOUISIANA UNTIL 7 AM THIS THURSDAY MORNING.  THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDED
THE COASTAL WATERS OF CAMERON ANDW VERMILLION PARISHES...AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

THE STRONGEST RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OFFSHORE..CONCENTRATED
MAINLY AROUND AND EAST OF THE CENTER OF BONNIE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
440 AM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES...

IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
ACADIA          ALLEN         BEAUREGARD         CALCASIEU
CAMERON         EVANGELINE    JEFFERSON DAVIS    LAFAYETTE
VERMILION       VERNON
...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF THE FOLLOWING PARISHES...
CAMERON         VERMILION

IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
GRANT           LA SALLE      RAPIDES

AT 425 AM...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN SOUTH OF JENNINGS.
SCATTERED PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WERE SHOWN SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE AND
FROM NEAR EUNICE WESTWARD TO NEAR KIRBYVILLE TEXAS.

A BAND OF LIGHT RAIN WAS SHOWN BETWEEN WHITE LAKE AND VINTON.
THE HEAVIER RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH BONNIE WAS COMING ONSHORE
FROM JUST WEST OF CAMERON TO BEAUMONT...TO GALVESTON.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED TO BEYOND 100 MILES OFFSHORE FROM
VERMILION BAY TO FREEPORT TEXAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS
SOUTH OF SABINE PASS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
540 AM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST
   AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 525 AM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE WAS COMING ONSHORE BETWEEN
SABINE PASS AND HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN
NEAR AND EAST OF THE EYE.  THE HEAVIER RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM
WAS SHOWN FROM EAST OF CAMERON TO ORANGE...TO NEAR LIBERTY TO GALVESTON.

OTHERWISE A THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN SOUTHEAST OF JENNINGS. A BAND OF
RAIN WAS SHOWN FROM VERMILION BAY TO CAMERON...NORTH TO NEAR FOR;T POLK.

RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO 80 TO 120 MILES OFFSHORE
FROM VERMILION BAY TO FREEPORT TEXAS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.