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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 26, 1986Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1986, 8:58 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1986, 8:58 AM CDT (13:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1986, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, TX

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 12:00Z on 1986-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 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 12:00Z on 1986-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBPT 261358
TORBPT
TXC245-261430-

BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
858 AM CDT THU JUN 26 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...

           ...JEFFERSON...

AT 852 AM CDT, THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF RELAYED A PUBLIC REPORT OF
A TORNADO ON HIGHWAY 124 IN FANNETT MOVING RAPIDLY EAST WIT!H A STRONG
SQUALL.

PERSONS IN FANNETT, LA BELLE, PORT ACRES AND PORT ARTHUR...TAKE COVER
NOW.

DCG

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 26, 4:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
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, Jun 26, 5:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
640 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 625 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE SHOWN FROM 10
MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TO PORT ARTHUR...AND IN THE HIGH ISLAND
AREA...IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE.

HEAVIER RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH BONNIE WAS SHOWN OVER WESTERN CAMERON AND
CALCASIEU PARISHES AND OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HOUSTON
TO SILSBEE TO NORTH OF ORANGE.

RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN TO 60 TO 80 MILES OFFSHORE FROM
VERMILION BAY TO FREEPORT TEXAS.

OTHERWISE A BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE WAS SHOWN
FROM NEAR ABBEVILLE TO JUST EAST OF FORT POLK.  RAIN AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ALSO COVERED THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST` LOUISIANA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
738 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 725 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE SHOWN FROM SABINE
PASS THROUGH WESTERN CAMERON PARISH TO NEAR ORANGE...AND NORTHEAST OF
HIGH ISLAND.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER
OF HURRICANE BONNIE.

RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM SOUTH OF LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS TO DE RIDDER TO LAFAYETTE.  THIS
AREA EXTENDED TO 60 TO BEYOND 100 MILES OFFSHORE FROM VERMILION BAY
TO WEST OF FREEPORT TEXAS.

SCATTERED PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WERE NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM OPELOUSAS
TO LEESVILLE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:51 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
845 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 830 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE SHOWN FROM SABINE
PASS TO NEAR AND UP TO 40 MILES WEST OF BEAUMONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE.

BANDS OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE SHOWN EXTENDING
INTO THE GULF FROM SABINE PASS TO 75 MILES SOUTH OF THE PASS AND OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM NORTH OF VILLE PLATTE SOUTH
TO JUST WEST OF VERMILION BAY INTO THE GULF BEYOND 100 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF THE BAY.

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH

CENTRAK LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA
ACROSS LAFAYETTE WEST TO HOUSTON AND INTO THE GULF UP TO 100 MILES
SOUTH OF GALVESTON TO VERMILION BAY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST 15 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson, Orange6 hr
Jun 26, 12:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper55 min
Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAngelina, Tyler4 hr
Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jefferson, Orange4 hr

Nearby

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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.