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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 17, 1989, 5:46 PM CDT for Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1989, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1989, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nacogdoches County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBPT 172245
TORBPT
TXC347-172330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
546 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
...NACOGDOCHES
LUFKIN DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR CENTRAL IN
NORTHWEST ANGELINA COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE NEAR THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES...AND THE
COMMUNITIES OF CENTRAL HEIGHTS...APPLEBY...AND GARRISON.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
NNNNWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 2:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 205 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 4 PM CDT FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA INCLUDING THE LUFKIN VICINITY... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA THROUGH TODAY.. AT 2 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED IN THE SOUTHERN END OF SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NEAR 30 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO..TV OR OTHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JAC
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 435 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR VERNON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 425 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS SHOWN EAST OF FLORIEN LOUISIANA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ELSEWHERE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FROM SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS NORTHEAST TO OVER THE LAKES OF SAM RAYBURN AND TOLEDO BEND TO WEST OF NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA. OTHERWISE RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SPILLING INTO LOUISIANA NORTH OF A DEQUINCY AND KINDER LINE. ALL MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 17, 5:37 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 535 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 525 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EXTREME NORTHWEST GRANT PARISH AND SOUTH OF NATCHITOCHES..MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ELSEWHERE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FROM NORTHEAST OF CONROE TEXAS TO NORTH OF LUFKIN AND TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM JASPER...LEESVILLE ...AND ALEXANDRIA. OTHERWISE RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS MAINLY IN VERNON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
Special weather statement, May 17, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 535 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 525 PM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THRU EXTREME NORTHWEST GRANT PARISH AND SOUTH OF NATCHITOCHES..MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ELSEWHERE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FROM NORTHEAST OF CONROE TEXAS TO NORTH OF LUFKIN AND TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM JASPER...LEESVILLE ...AND ALEXANDRIA. OTHERWISE RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND MAINLY IN VERNON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Angelina | 59 min |
| May 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Angelina | 66 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.