Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 17, 1989Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1989, 11:05 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1989, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1989, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Beauregard 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, May 17, 7:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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, May 17, 7:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 17, 8:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 17, 9:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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.
Special weather statement, May 17, 10:10 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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, May 17, 10:33 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon63 min
May 17, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHGrant, LaSalle, Rapides2 hr
May 18, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides60 min
May 18, 7:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis3 hr
May 18, 7:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen3 hr
May 18, 8:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHVernon3 hr
May 18, 11:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis116 min
May 18, 11:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon116 min
May 18, 11:25 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHAcadia35 min
May 18, 11:39 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette51 min
May 18, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHLafayette38 min
May 18, 12:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu62 min
May 18, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard56 min
May 18, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron49 min
May 18, 1:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis4 hr
May 18, 1:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen4 hr
May 18, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion119 min
May 18, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron119 min
May 17, 8:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAngelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine2 hr
May 17, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Tyler3 hr
May 17, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHNacogdoches3 hr
May 17, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin66 min
May 17, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHNewton3 hr
May 18, 1:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHNewton2 hr
May 18, 1:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper2 hr
May 18, 6:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange5 hr
May 18, 6:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHTyler5 hr
May 18, 11:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin2 hr
May 18, 12:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Newton2 hr
May 18, 12:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHOrange2 hr
May 18, 1:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin2 hr
May 18, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Newton57 min
May 18, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler57 min
May 18, 2:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJasper, Newton2 hr
May 18, 3:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHHardin3 hr
May 18, 4:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHNewton3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

Sources

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