Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1135 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

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

AT 1125 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM JUST EAST OF
ALEXANDRIA TO OAKDALE TO KINDER...NEAR LEESVILLE...AND IN EAST TEXAS
NEAR RAYBURN LAKE...AND BETWEEN LAKE LIVINGSTON...KOUNTZE AND LIBERTY.

RAIN CONTINUED TO COVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND
EAST TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN NEAR THE COAST AND ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS FROM SABINE PASS TO FREEPORT TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

ATTN SELS BPT

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1210 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

1140 PM ... DPS LUFKIN, TX RELAYED REPORT FROM JASPER COUNTY S.O.
            OF FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GIST IN SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY AT
            925 PM CST.

1142 PM ... NACOGDOCHES COUNTY S.O. REPORTED WATER ON HIGHWAY 95
            BETWEEN GARRISON AND CHIRENO IN LOW SPOTS.  NACOGDOCHES
            CITY REPORTED 3.00 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE DUSK.  PEA SIZED
            HAIL NORTH AND WEST PARTS OF NACOGDOCHES AT SEVERAL
            PERIODS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA...C O R R E C T E D...
1215 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

BEFORE 930 PM CST...SHERIFFS OFFICE WERE OUT OF SERVICE...
REPORTED LATE TO LAKE CHARLES WEATHER OFFICE THROUGH
SHERIFFS OFFICE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH...TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR
OBERLIN LA IN ALLEN PARISH. ON HWY #26 WEST OF OBERLIN...2 VEHICLES
DAMAGED AS TREES FELL OVER VEHICLES...PEOPLE IN VEHICLES NOT HURT.

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.