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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1986, 12:20 PM CDT for Jasper County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1986, 12:20 PM CDT (17:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1986, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jasper 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
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 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, 7:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 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, 3 hours 29 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 945 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 930 AM...A BAND OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS LOCATED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF BEAUMONT TO JUST EAST OF THE CITY TO SABINE PASS INTO THE GULF UP TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE PASS AND JUST WEST OF BEAUMONT TO NEAR LIBERTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS EAST AND WEST OF BEAUMONT WERE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BONNIE. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS SHOWN FROM JUST WEST OF LAFAYETTE ACROSS WHITE LAKE INTO THE GULF BEYOND 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE. A BAND OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS INCREASED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO ALEXANDRIA. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAFAYETTE TO DERIDDER AND LAKE CHARLES TO HOUSTON EXTENDING INTO THE GULF UP TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON TO WHITE LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST N15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY CORRECTION TROPICAL STORM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 945 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 930 AM...A BAND OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS LOCATED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF BEAUMONT TO JUST EAST OF THE CITY TO SABINE PASS INTO THE GULF UP TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE PASS AND JUST WEST OF BEAUMONT TO NEAR LIBERTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS EAST AND WEST OF BEAUMONT WERE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS SHOWN FROM JUST WEST OF LAFAYETTE ACROSS WHITE LAKE INTO THE GULF BEYOND 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE. A BAND OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS INCREASED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO ALEXANDRIA. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAFAYETTE TO DERIDDER AND LAKE CHARLES TO HOUSTON EXTENDING INTO THE GULF UP TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON TO WHIYTE LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1045 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 1035 AM...A BAND OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEAUMONT TO NEAR THE CITY AND SABINE PASS INTO THE COASTAL WATERS 25 MILES OFFSHORE SABINE PASS/GALVESTON/ FREEPORT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO SHOWN 25 MILES NORTH WEST OF BEAUMONT. A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA TO JUST WEST OF LAFAYETTE SOUTH TO THE COAST AND INTO THE GULF UP TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA TO THE COAST SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE WEST TO JUST NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES TO HOUSTON AND IN THE GULF UP TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON TO WHITE LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:41 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1135 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 1125 AM...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTHWEST OF SABINE PASS ACROSS BEAUMONT TO NEAR KIRBYVILLE AND FROM BEAUMONT NORTHWEST TO MIDWAY BETWEEN LIBERTY AND LIVINGSTON LAKE. A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST TIP OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR LAFAYETTE AND IN THE GULF FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE LAKE. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL/ SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAFAYETTE SOUTH TO THE COAST THEN WEST TO FORT POLK AND LUFKIN SOUTH ACRO SS LAKE CHARLES AND HOUSTON INTO THE GULF UP TO 75 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON TO WHITE LAKE.
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, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 32 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.