Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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 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 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 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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
635 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 626 PM CDT... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF
LIVINGSTON TEXAS AND WEST OF MANY OR OVER CENTRAL TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR.

ELSEWHERE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED
TO THE NORTH OF A GALVESTON...KIRBYVILLE...CENTRAL GRANT PARISH LINE.
NO RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOOTED IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME.

ALL MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.O