Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
700PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

   ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST AND EAST
TEXAS THIS EVENING.  HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED IN THE ORANGE/BRIDGE
CITY AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING.  NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN THE BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR/ORANGE METROPOLITAN AREA SO FAR
THIS EVENING.

ONE INCH OF RAIN WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
NACOGDOCHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RESULTED IN A
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND
SABINE PASS UNTIL 900 PM CST TONIGHT.

THE WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MPH AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT AT 632 PM
AS THE SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE MAINTAINED SPEED OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON.  THE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND FOR MOST OF MONDAY BEFORE TJHE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND INTO THE COASTAL WATERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BRING IN THE DRY COOL NORTHWEST WINDS AND
LOWER OUR TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES.

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
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...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

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 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.