Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1145 AM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CST FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING VERNON...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...
AND CAMERON PARISHES...AND GRANT PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 1129 AM...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PATCHES OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN
WERE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS AND DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

THES SHOWERS AND PATCHES OF RAIN WERE SHOWN FROM OVER RAYURN RESERVOIR
SOUTH TO NORTH OF BEAUMONT AND FROM DEQUINCY TO DERIDDER..ALSO FROM LAKE
LIVINGSTON TO HOUSTON AND GALVESTON. SHOWERS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FRXOM
NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA TO THE OPELOUSAS AND EUNICE AREA AND EAST OF
LAFAYETTE TO NORTH THROUGH EAST OF BATON ROUGE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWARD AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1245 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CST FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING VERNON...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...
AND CAMERON PARISHES...AND GRANT PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 1229 PM...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG WITH PATCHES OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WERE INCREASING
IN AERIAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN THE COASTAL WATERS AS WELL.

THIS THUNDERSTORM..SHOWER..AND RAIN ACTIVITY WAS TO THE NORTH OF A
HOUSTON...LAKE CHARLES...MORGAN CITY LINE AND EXTENDED NORTH TO LONGVIEW
TEXAS...MANSFIELD...AND WINNFIELD LINE.

IN THE GULF ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN FROM 15 TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF
CAMERON.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
105 PM CST NOV 19 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING.

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... JEFFERSON AND
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS  ORANGE  HARDIN  TYLER  NEWTON  JASPER

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES
AREA... ANGELINA  NACOGDOCHES  SAN AUGUSTINE  SABINE

THE TORNADO WATCH IS 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST SIDE OF A LINE
FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF HOUSTON TEXAS TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TEXARKANA ARKANSAS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
TORNADOES..DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

AT 1245 PM CST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST
WEST OF NACOGDOCHES EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD TO JUST EAST OF LAKE
LIVINGSTON AND TO THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST EAST OF PALACIOS.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED EAST OF NACOGDOCHES SOUTH
TO WOODVILLE IN TYLER COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTH NEAR 30 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JAC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
135 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CST FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING VERNON...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...
AND CAMERON PARISHES...AND GRANT PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 129 PM...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
SCATTERED PATCHES OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WERE SHOWN OVER EAST TEXAS AND
WESTERN LOUISIANA.  THE AREA WAS FROM SOUTH OF FREEPORT TEXAS TO
NORTHWEST OF LUFKIN AND EASTWARD TO NEAR NATCHITOCHES THEN TO JUST
NORTH OF KINDER AND TO NEAR SABINE PASS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE IN AN AREA FROM JUST SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA TO
BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND JENNINGS TO BEYOND 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CAMERON AND TO JUST SOUTH OF BATON ROUGE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
235 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CST FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING VERNON...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...
AND CAMERON PARISHES...AND GRANT..LA SALLE AND RAPIDES PARISHES UNTIL
8 PM.

AT 225 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN OVER
EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR CONROE NORTHEASTWARD OVER LAKE LIVINGSTON TO NORTH
OF LUFKIN AND RAYBURN LAKE.

OTHERWISE..SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND PATCHES OF RAIN WERE SHOWN OVER
MOST OF THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO WELL
NORTHWEST OF LUFKIN.  THEA AREA EXTENDED AS FAR EAST AS NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI AND MORGANC CITY AND OVER THE GULF TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
235 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CST FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING VERNON...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...
AND CAMERON PARISHES...AND UNTIL 8PM FOR GRANT..LA SALLE AND RAPIDES
PARISHES OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

AT 225 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN OVER
EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR CONROE NORTHEASTWARD OVER LAKE LIVINGSTON TO NORTH
OF LUFKIN AND RAYBURN LAKE.

OTHERWISE..SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND PATCHES OF RAIN WERE SHOWN OVER
MOST OF THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO WELL
NORTHWEST OF LUFKIN.  THE AREA EXTENDED AS FAR EAST AS NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI AND MORGAN CITY AND OVER THE GULF TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.