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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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.
- 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
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.
DCGWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Angelina, Tyler | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 4 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.