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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Lake Charles, LA
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
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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 63 min |
| May 17, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant, LaSalle, Rapides | 2 hr |
| May 18, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 60 min |
| May 18, 7:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 3 hr |
| May 18, 7:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 3 hr |
| May 18, 8:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vernon | 3 hr |
| May 18, 11:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis | 116 min |
| May 18, 11:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 116 min |
| May 18, 11:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia | 35 min |
| May 18, 11:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 51 min |
| May 18, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 38 min |
| May 18, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 62 min |
| May 18, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 56 min |
| May 18, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 49 min |
| May 18, 1:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis | 4 hr |
| May 18, 1:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen | 4 hr |
| May 18, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion | 119 min |
| May 18, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 119 min |
| May 17, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine | 2 hr |
| May 17, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Tyler | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 66 min |
| May 17, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 3 hr |
| May 18, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 5 hr |
| May 18, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Tyler | 5 hr |
| May 18, 11:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 2 hr |
| May 18, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 2 hr |
| May 18, 12:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Orange | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 2 hr |
| May 18, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 57 min |
| May 18, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 57 min |
| May 18, 2:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 2 hr |
| May 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Newton | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.