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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 3, 1988Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 3, 1988, 3:16 PM CST for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 3, 1988, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
Expired: Nov 3, 1988, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Vermilion 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, 3 hours 19 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.

Local storm report, Nov 3, 2:42 PM CST, 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 3, 1:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Cameron	50 min
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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1988 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.