Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 3, 1988, 1:10 PM CST for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 3, 1988, 1:10 PM CST (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 1988, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cameron Parish, LA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 11:57 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1150 AM CDT THU NOV 3 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 1130 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND WERE OBSERVED FROM ALONG THE SABINE RIVER EAST TO CROWLEY. STORMS SPREAD NORTH FROM JENNINGS AND CROWLEY TO WEST AND NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVER THE GULF AND WERE OCCURRING FROM THE COAST BETWEEN CAMERON AND WHITE LAKE AND OFFSHORE FOR MORE THAN 100 MILES FROM THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COAST. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 56 min |
| Nov 3, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 36 min |
| Nov 3, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 59 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.