Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Lake Charles, LA

TTAAOO KESF 180025
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALEXANDRIA LA
725 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR RAPIDES...GRANT AND LASALLE
PARISHES OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 11PM TONIGHT...

AT 720 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED NO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THESE PARISHES...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE PARISHES AND WILL BE WATCHED
CLOSELY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT...

PERSONS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER TONIGHT IN THE WATCH AREA AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE NECESSARY ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
740 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY FOR
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR
CAMERON AND VERMILLION PARISHES...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR VERNON PARISH
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

AT 726 PM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS
FROM WEST OF HOUSTON TO OVER LAKE LIVINGSTON TO LUFKIN AND RAYBURN LAKE
NORTHEAST TO CENTRAL TOLEDO BEND TO NORTHEAST OF WINNFIELD.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH.

ELSEWHERE A LARGE PATCH OF RAIN WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN
WAS TO THE NORTHEAST OF A HOUSTON...KIRBYVILLE...NATCHITOCHES LINE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
835 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY FOR
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR
CAMERON AND VERMILLION PARISHES...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR VERNON PARISH
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

AT 827 PM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS
FROM NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEAST OF NATCHITOCHES IN
NORTH LOUISIANA. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN THE LUFKIN AREA.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MPH.

A GOOD PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOME OF NORTH LOUISIANA TO THE NORTHEAST
OF A FREEPORT...HOUSTON...LEESVILLE...JENA LINE WAS BEING AFFECTED BY
THIS LARGE MASS OF RAIN WITH THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER MUCH
THE SAME AREAS AS EARLIER IN THE DAY..SO BE ON THE WATCH FOR FLOODING TO
OCCUR MAINLY IN PARTS OF oSOUTHEAST TEXAS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
945 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY FOR
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR
CAMERON AND VERMILLION PARISHES...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR VERNON PARISH
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

AT 931 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SHOWN FROM SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON TO CONROE TO EAST OF LUFKIN THEN
NORTHEAST OVER TOLEDO BEND TO NORTH OF WINNFIELD.

LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS SHOWN AS REGENERATION WAS TAKING PLACE.

IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN
NORTHWEST VERNON AND BEAUREGARDE PARISHES AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN
GRANT AND NORTHERN LASALLE PARISHES.

TTAAOO KESF 180310
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALEXANDRIA LA
1010 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR RAPIDES...GRANT AND LASALLE
PARISHES OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 400AM THIS THURSDAY
MORNING...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA INCLUDING RAPIDES...GRANT AND LASALLE PARISHES
FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...

AT 1010 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED NO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THESE PARISHES...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE PARISHES AND WERE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.

PERSONS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER TONIGHT IN THE WATCH AREA AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE NECESSARY ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1035 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT THIS THURSDAY FOR
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EXCEPT FOR
ACADIA...VERMILLION...AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES...
...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR VERNON...ALLEN...
BEAUREGARD PARISHES...AND ALL OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA PARISHES.

AT 1031 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SHOWN FROM SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON TO LIBERTY TO OVER RAYBURN AND
TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIRS TO NORTH OF WINNFIELD.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.

IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN
NORTHWEST VERNON AND BEAUREGARDE PARISHES AND IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN
GRANT AND NORTHERN LASALLE PARISHES AT THE PRESENT TIME.