Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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.
- 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
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. < 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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 37 min |
| Nov 16, 2:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 116 min |
| Nov 16, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Orange | 114 min |
| Nov 16, 10:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Orange | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 7:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 8:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 9:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 56 min |
| Nov 16, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 63 min |
| Nov 16, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 60 min |
| Nov 16, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 60 min |
| Nov 16, 7:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Grant, LaSalle, Rapides | 2 hr |
| Nov 16, 9:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Grant, LaSalle, Rapides | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 10:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 56 min |
| Nov 16, 10:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 56 min |
| Nov 16, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 58 min |
| Nov 16, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 58 min |
| Nov 16, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 2 hr |
| Nov 16, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 2 hr |
| Nov 16, 12:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Grant, LaSalle, Rapides | 4 hr |
| Nov 16, 12:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 43 min |
| Nov 16, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.