Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
633 AM CDT WED OCT 26 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS GRANT PARISH AND INTO LASALLE.

AT 625 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM JUST NORTH OF MANY LOUISIANA
THROUGH THE NATCHITOCHES AREA TO NORTHEASTERN GRANT PARISH. THESE
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM OVER NORTHEAST GRANT PARISH
WILL MOVE INTO LASALLE PARISH WHILE THE ONES NEAR NATCHITOCHES WILL
ENTER THE WEST PART OF GRANT PARISH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL FROM THE PRESENT TIME TO 730 AM.

THESE CONTINUED TO BE PART OF A LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF NACOGDOCHES TEXAS TO MANY AND
ALEXANDRIA LOUISIANA TO NEAR NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM JUST
OFF THE COAST NEAR HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO 125 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON
LOUISIANA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
850 AM CDT WED OCT 26 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS VERNON RAPIDES PARISHES...

AT 830 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF VERNON AND RAPIDES
PARISHES INTO EAST LOUISIANA.

VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE ALEXANDRIA AREA.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN A LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH
OF A LINE FROM MORE THAN 100 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN TO THE MISSISSIPPI
...LOUSIANA STATE LINE NORTH OF BATON ROUGE.

TH'UNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE NACOGDOCHES AREA OF EAST TEXAS AND NEAR MANY
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF THE
SABINE PASS EXTENDING OFFSHORE FOR MORE THAN 100 MILES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
940 AM CDT WED OCT 26 1988

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA THIS
MORNING...

AT 935 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
ANGELINA..NACOGDOCHES..SABINE AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES OF EAST
TEXAS. THE MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL GRADUALLY MOVE TOWARD JASPER AND NEWTON LATER TODAY.

THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF LUFKIN AND OVER SAM RAYBURN
RESERVOIR. THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AND PUSH EAST THIS
MORNING. PERSONS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SAFE SHELTER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
955 AM CDT WED OCT 26 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 935 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED TO
DEVELOPE ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR EAST
TO THE MISSISSI RIVER AND BEYOND.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LARGE MASS
OF RAIN THAT WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE TRINITY RIVER WEST OF LUFKIN TO
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE SO BE AWARE OF HIGH WATER
ON THE ROADS.

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS ALSO OBSERVED FROM THE
TRINITY RIVER NORTHWEST OF LUFKIN TO THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED PATCHES OF RAIN WERE OVER THE
GULF FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF TH~E SABINE PASS AND GALVESTON AND OFFSHORE
FOR MORE THAN 100 MILES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
955 AM CDT WED OCT 26 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 935 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED TO
DEVELOPE ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA FROM THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR EAST
TO THE MISSISSI RIVER AND BEYOND.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LARGE MASS
OF RAIN THAT WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE TRINITY RIVER WEST OF LUFKIN TO
THE MISSISSIPPI...LOUISIANA STATE LINE NORTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE SO BE AWARE OF HIGH WATER
ON THE ROADS.

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS ALSO OBSERVED FROM THE
TRINITY RIVER NORTHWEST OF LUFKIN TO THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED PATCHES OF RAIN WERE OVER THE
GULF FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF THE SABINE PASS AND GALVESTON AND OFFSHORE
FOR MORE THAN 100 MILES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1045 AM CDT WED OCT 26 1988

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS BEAUREGARD EVANGELINE PARISHES...

AT 1035 AM...THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER THE
NORTHERN PART OF BEAUREGARD AND EVANGELINE PARISHES MOVING SLOWLY TO
THE SOUTH.  THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD FROM WEST OF THE SABINE
RIVER NEAR JASPER EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTH OF ST
FRANCESVILLE.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WIDESPREAD RAIN THAT EXTENDED
NORTH OF A LINE FROM THE WELL WEST OF THE TRINITY RIVER SOUTHEAST TO THE
SABINE RIVER NEAR KIRBYVILLE AND EAST TO NORTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS REPORTED TO THE WEST AND EAST OF THE SABINE
RIVER FROM JASPER TO DERIDDER.

VERY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
POSSIBLEY SMALL HAIL AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH
THESE THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTH.

OVER THE GULF...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE
OBSERVED FROM SOUTH OF GALVESTON AND THE SABINE RIVER AND OFFSHORE
ABOUT 100 MILES.