Tornado Warning 15, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
645 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY INCLUDING PARTS OF
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

AT 630 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN REMAINED OVER CALCASIEU
...CAMERON...AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES AND WERE SHIFTING EAST INTO PARTS
OF ACADIA PARISH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS CAUSING FLOODING OF
STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL.

THE MAYOR OF VINTON LOUISIANA WEST OF LAKE CHARLES REPORTED 6.34 INCHES
OF RAIN AS OF 618AM HOWEVER THE RAIN HAD DECREASED CONSIDERABLY. SOME
ROADS WERE FLOODED. PERSONS IN NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU AND SOUTHWESTERN
BEAUREGARD PARISHES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR FLOODING AS WELL AS
THOSE IN THE CITIES OF LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...DEQUINCY...AND
WESTLAKE..

THESE WERE PART OF A LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS EXTENDING AS FAR
EAST AS THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR LAFAYETTE AND
WHITE LAKE LOUISIANA AND INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO NEAR LAKE LIVINGSTON
AND WEST OF HOUSTON. THIS WAS SLIDING SLOWLY EAST.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
741 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1989

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY INCLUDING PARTS OF
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

AT 730 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF
CAMERON...CALCASIEU...BEAUREGARD...AND ALLEN PARISHES AND HAD DEVELOPED
OVER JEFF DAVIS PARISH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS CAUSING FLOODING OF
STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL.

REPORTS INDICATE SOME STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF LAKE CHARLES AS
WELL AS VINTON AND DEQUINCY IN CALCASIEU PARISH.

THESE WERE PART OF A LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED
MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND EXTENDED INTO SOUTHEAST
TEXAS. NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS TAKING PLACE IN TEXAS BETWEEN JASPER...
HOUSTON...AND LAKE LIVINGSTON.