Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1240 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA UNTIL 2 AM MONDAY MORNING...

AT 1225 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED
JUST EAST OF JENA...AND IN EAST TEXAS NEAR RAYBURN LAKE...LUFKIN...
LAKE LIVINGSTON AND WOODVILLE.

RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN WAS SHOWN FROM SABINE PASS
TO LAFAYETTE TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI...AND SPREAD INTO EAST TEXAS
FROM HOUSTON TO LUFKIN TO NORTH OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE COASTAL WATERS
FROM GALVESTON TO CAMERON.

MOVEMENT OF T<HE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
145 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA UNTIL 2 AM MONDAY MORNING...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY...

AT 125 AM...RAIN WITH WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN
WAS SHOWN WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE CHARLES TO VILLE PLATTE TO NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI...AND SPREAD INTO EAST TEXAS TO WELL WEST OF A HOUSTON...
LAKE LIVINGSTON...LUFKIN...NORTHERN TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR LINE.

THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS SHOWN NEAR JENA...JUST SOUTH OF TOLEDO BEND
RESERVOIR...AND IN EAST TEXAS NEAR KIRBYVILLE AND WOODVILLE.

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO SHOWN BETWEEN BEAUMONT...
GALVESTON TEXAS AND CAMERON...AND SPREAD INTO THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SINCE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY FLOOD POORLY DRAINED AREAS INCLUDING
DITCHES AND CULVERTS.

PERSONS LIVING IN THESE AREdAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. MOTORISTS
ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE THRU FLOODED AREAS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
240 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY...

AT 225 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM ORANGE TEXAS TO
SABINE PASS TO JUST SOUTH OF SABINE PASS MOVING NORTHEAST 45 MPH.
THESE STORMS ARE ABOUT TO ENTER WESTERN CALCASIEU AND WESTERN CAMERON
PARISHES.

THE CALCASIEU SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME
CAUTION AS STREET FLOODING WILL ALSO LIKELY OCCUR IN THESE PARISHES.

ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST TEXAS FORM LUFKIN TO
JASPER TO TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
MIXED IN WAS SHOWN IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA WEST OF A LINE FROM
SABINE PASS TO EUNICE TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF SABINE
PASS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SINCE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...ANY ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY FLOOD POORLY DRAINED AREAS INCLUDING
DITCHES AND CULVERTS.

PERSONS LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
345 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED EARLIER FOR ORANGE COUNTY AND THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND ORANGE HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED...

AT 340 AM CST THIS MORNING THE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE CITY OF ORANGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ALONG A LINE
FROM FANNETT N'ORTHEAST TOWARD LUMBERTON TO DEWEYVILLE TEXAS.

ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA
FROM WOODVILLE TO LAKE SAM RAYBURN TO HEMPHILL.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED....
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
345 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR ORANGE COUNTY AND THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND ORANGE HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED...

AT 340 AM CST THIS MORNING THE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE CITY OF ORANGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE ALONG A LINE
FROM( FANNETT NORTHEAST TOWARD LUMBERTON TO DEWEYVILLE TEXAS.

ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA
FROM WOODVILLE TO LAKE SAM RAYBURN TO HEMPHILL.

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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA...
345 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

315AM CST...TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF EDGERLY LA.OR ABOUT
5 MILES WEST OF SULPHUR LA. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED OR
DAMAGED...REPORTS OF INJURIES...YOUNG BOY PUNCTURE TO HEAD...MOTHER
LACARATIONS TO FACE...GIRL STITCHES TO LEG...ALL INJURIES WERE
SUPERFICIAL...REPORT RECEIVED AT 330 AM BY WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFFS DEPT.