Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1989, 8:55 PM CDT for Angelina County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1989, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1989, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Angelina County, TX, Tyler County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Tyler, TX | |
| Jun 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Angelina, TX | |
| Jun 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Angelina, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
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, Jun 7, 6:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 705 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1989 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 7PM RADAR SHOWED ALL OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTQORMS LOCATED WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE. THE CLOSEST STORM WAS NEAR LUFKIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND POSE NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. DJ
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALEXANDRIA LA 715 PM CDT WED JUN 07 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR RAPIDES...GRANT AND LASALLE PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 715 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST WEST OF RAPIDES PARISH MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TOWARD ALEXANDRIA AN PINEVILLE AREAS...EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...PERSONS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE NECESSARY ACTION FOR THEIR PROTECTION. WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED THEREFORE PERSONS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS. PEOPLE IN IBERVILLE AND ASCENSION PARISHES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS BY THE NATIONA L WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BATON ROUGE.
Local storm report, Jun 7, 7:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SEVERE STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 745 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1989 LEESVILLE CITY POLICE REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT 710 PM 4 MILES NORTH OF LEESVILLE. DAMAGE SEVERAL HOMES AND DAMAGE TO CRIPPLED CHILDERN CAMP. NO INJURES REPORTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:22 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 820 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1989 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 810 PM RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ANGELINA COUNTY INTO SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR TO SABINE COUNTY AND TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CABABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOW LAND AND URBAN STREET FLOODING. RESIDENTS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR OTHER RbADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | LaSalle, Rapides | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Vernon | 69 min |
| Jun 7, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 49 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.