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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

October 1, 1988Jasper County, Newton County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 1988, 7:48 PM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 1, 1988, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 1988, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
42 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, 0.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1988-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1811 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1988-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1811 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBPT 020050
SVRBPT
TXC241-351-020130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
748 PM CDT SAT OCT 1 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
          ...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
BUNA IN SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
THIS STORM CONTAINS STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
 
THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD CARRY IT ACROSS SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY
INTO SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF DEWEYVILLE.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STA~Y AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNacogdoches56 min
Oct 2, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSabine59 min

Nearby

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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.