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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 15, 1987Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1987, 10:05 PM CST for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 1987, 10:05 PM CST (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 1987, 10:30 PM CST
In force
25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 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 1987-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2220 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 1987-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 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
2220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
12.8

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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, Nov 15, 7:43 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
743 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS SUNDAY
EVENING...

AT 730 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM NORTH OF
CAMERON...THROUGH LAKE CHARLES...TO DEQUINCY AND DERIDDER. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REACHED 49 MILES AN HOUR AT THE LAKE CHARLES
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS DURING THUNDERSTORMS. AVOID USING
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. RELAY
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO YOUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE
FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON TO ALEXANDRIA TO MONROE. THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS BECAME SCATTERED IN EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 7:57 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
800PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH 545 UNTIL 200AM CST IN THE LAKES AREA...

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...BUT THE EAST TEXAS
LAKES AREA IS NOW UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 200 AM MONDAY MORNING.

TORNADO WATCH 545 INCLUDES THE TEAST TEXAS COUNTIES OF NACOGDOCHES,
ANGELINA, NORTHERN JASPER, AND TYLER.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING
OR IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER
OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE LAKES AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

HERE IN GOLDEN TRIANGLE, HEAVY RAINS WERE REPO9RTED IN ORANGE AND
BRIDGE CITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
REGISTERED A WIND GUST TO 46 MPH AT 632 PM CST AND ONLY A TRACE OF
RAIN IN THE RAIN BUCKET
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 8:02 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
800PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH 545 UNTIL 200AM CST IN THE LAKES AREA...

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...BUT THE EAST TEXAS
LAKES AREA IS NOW UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 200 AM MONDAY MORNING.

TORNADO WATCH 545 INCLUDES THE EAST TEXAS COUNTIES OF NACOGDOCHES,
ANGELINA, SAN AUGUSTINE, SABINE, TYLER, AND NORTHERN JASPER.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING
OR IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER
OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE LAKES AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

HERE IN GOLJDEN TRIANGLE, HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED IN ORANGE AND
BRIDGE CITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
REGISTERED A WIND GUST TO 46 MPH AT 632 PM CST AND ONLY A TRACE OF
RAIN IN THE RAIN BUCKET
Local storm report, Nov 15, 9:04 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
900 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

740 PM CST...BOAT TURNED OVER ABOUT 2 MILES OF THE LAKE CHARLES AIRPORT.
             NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE RECORDED 49 MPH GUST ABOUT
             THE SAME TIME.
745 PM CST...ROOF TAKEN OFF A HOUSE ON NOBIE LANE. TREES DOWN AND
             TRAILERS TURNED OVER ON LANE ROAD. THIS AREA IS ABOUT 3
             MILES NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT.
749 PM CST...ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR I-210 BRIDGE.
750 PM CST...PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO JUST ENE OF THE AIRPORT ON
             GAUTHIER ROAD. FENCE BLOWN DOWN AND A HOUSE DAMAGED.
800 PM CST...TREES DOWN AND SHED BLOWN ON SAMPSON STREET NEAR LOUISIANA
             AVENUE. THIS IS APRROXIMATELY 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE
             AIRPORT.
803 PM CST...PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON EAST END OF GAUTHEIR ROAD.
             TELEPHONE POLES DOWN ON NELSON AND LAKE ROAD. TREES DOWN
             ON WEST PRIEN LAKE ROAD.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 9:49 PM CST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
950 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS SUNDAY
EVENING...

AT 930 PM...CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM OAKDALE TO
SULPHUR TO ORANGE TEXAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLOODING OF
STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE IN ALLEN...SOUTHERN BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES FOR
THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN CONTINUED
THROUGHOUT MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS.
THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS SHOWN FROM WHITE LAKE TO
OPELOUSAS TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI...AND SPREAD INTO TEXAS TO WELL
WEST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT TO LAKE LIVINGSTON TO LONGVIEW.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SHOWN IN THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH
AND SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 9:52 PM CST, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 10:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton37 min
Nov 16, 2:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson, Orange116 min
Nov 16, 2:45 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHOrange114 min
Nov 16, 10:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Newton, Orange55 min
Nov 15, 7:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu55 min
Nov 15, 8:08 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu52 min
Nov 15, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen46 min
Nov 15, 9:49 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard56 min
Nov 16, 2:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu63 min
Nov 16, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu60 min
Nov 16, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen60 min
Nov 16, 7:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHGrant, LaSalle, Rapides2 hr
Nov 16, 9:08 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHGrant, LaSalle, Rapides3 hr
Nov 16, 10:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon56 min
Nov 16, 10:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu, Cameron56 min
Nov 16, 11:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen, Rapides58 min
Nov 16, 11:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson Davis58 min
Nov 16, 11:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette, Vermilion2 hr
Nov 16, 11:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHEvangeline2 hr
Nov 16, 12:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCHGrant, LaSalle, Rapides4 hr
Nov 16, 12:17 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis43 min
Nov 16, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHRapides60 min

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.