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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 5, 1986Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 1986, 7:20 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 70 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 1986, 7:20 PM CST (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 1986, 8:30 PM CST
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, TX, Newton County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 5, 7:22 PM CSTHail 1.75Jasper, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1986-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1153 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1986-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 5, 6:10 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
610 PM CST WED FEB 5 1986

 ...TRAVELERS ADVISORY FOR TRI-PLEX THIS EVENING...

DENSE SEA FOG WAS MOVING INTO SABINE PASS AROUND 545 PM THIS
AFTERNOON.  THE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO PORT ARTHUR
AND POSSIBLY BEAUMONT AND ORANGE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.

THE VISIBILITY WILL DIMINISH TO NEAR ZERO AS THE FOG MOVE INLAND
CAUSING A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS AND SHIP
AND BARGE TRAFFIC IN SOUTHEAST
TEXAS WATERWAYS AND TO AIRLINES.

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT IS PUSHING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TOWARD THE TRI-PLEX WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT PUSHING
THE FOG BACK TO SEA.

DCG
Local storm report, Feb 5, 7:00 PM CST, 20 minutes before
ATTN SELS A BPT

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
700PM CST WED FEB 05 1986

345 PM CST     3/4 INCH HAIL IN LUMBERTON TX.

440 PM CST     NETWORK OBSERVER REPORTS PEA SIZE HAIL 4 MI NE OF
               NACOGDOCHES.

443 PM CST     KSFA-TV REPORTS PEA-SIZE HAIL AT STATION IN
               NACOGDOCHES.

618 PM CST     TYLER COUUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS 1 INCH HAIL, HIGH WINDS
               AND VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MI WEST OF WOODVILLE, TX.

620 PM CST     TYLER COUNTY SHERRIF SIGHTED TORNADO 5 MI WEST OF
               WOODVILLE, TX...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 7 WEST OF WOODVILLE.

645 PM CST     PUBLIC REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD OVER WOODVILLE, TX.

645 PM CST   F  TYLER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS HEN EGG SIZE HAIL 4 MI
               EAST OF COLMESNEIL.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 6:25 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHTyler65 min
Feb 5, 7:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin, Jasper50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.