Tornado Warning 19, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA TODAY...

AT 625 AM...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL
...NORTHWEST...AND WEST LOUISIANA INTO EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN THE RAIN WERE INDICATED ACROSS
VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISH...WEST OF KIRBYVILLE TEXAS...AND FROM
HOUSTON ACROSS FREEPORT AND GALVESTON.

THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM VERNON TO RAPIDES PARISH HAVE ALREADY
PRODUCED SOME REPORTED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
730AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY...

WEATHER RADAR SHOWS AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
JEFFERSON COUNTY TEXAS FROM HOUSTON.  THESE STORMS EARLIER PRODUCED
SOME DAMAGING WINDS NEAR ALVIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 35 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS AND A HEAVY DOWNPOUR SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS
THE METROPOLITAN AREA.  FURTHER NORTH AROUND THE LAKES AREA AMOUNTS
WERE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE. DUE TO THE LACK OF RAIN FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL WEEKS LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY..
HOWEVER LOCAL URBAN FLOODING AND PONDING PROBLEMS COULD OCCUR WITH
THE HEAVIEST STORMS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
845AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

WEATHER RADARS SHOW VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.  THE STORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE
METROPOLITAN AREA.  THE STORMS COVERED MUCH OF HARDIN COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.  ADDITIONAL
STORMS WERE LkOCATED NORTH AND WEST OF HOUSTON.  THESE STORMS MAY
AFFECT OUR AREA LATER THIS MORNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
940AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

.....BEACH ROAD CLOSED BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND HIGH ISLAND...

THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS HAS CLOSED TEXAS 87 BETWEEN SABINE
PASS AND HIGH ISLAND.  HIGH TIDES HAVE COVERED THE ROAD.  THE NEXT
HIGH TIDE WILL BE SHORTLY BEFORE NOON.  STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO PUSH WATER OVER THE ROAD UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA AND SHIFTS THE WIND TO THE NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON.