Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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
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
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WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BATON ROUGE.

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
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

ATTN SELS BPT

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1045 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1989

TIME-CDT           EVENT
915 PM         LUFKIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED LARGE
               TREES DOWNED AND POWER LINES ON FM 2109 BETWEEN
               HUNTINGTON AND ZAVALA IN ANGELINA COUNTY TX.

               TYLER SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED LARGE TREES DOWNED ON
               HIGHWAYS 1745 AND 256 EAST.  ALSO POWER LINES DOWNED
               ON HIGHWAY 190 EAST IN TYLER COUNTY TX.

945 PM         NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED LARGE TREES AND
               POWER LINES DOWNED ON OLD HIGHWAY 87 IN NEWTON COUNTY
               TX.

JAC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALEXANDRIA LA
1050 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1989

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM FOR RAPIDES AND
GRANT PARISHES OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 1050 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA WITH THE
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER VERNON PARISH EXTENDING FROM
NEAR LEESVILLE WESTWARD INTO EAST TEXAS...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS PAST EVENING WEAKENED BEFORE
INTERING RAPIDES PARISH...PERSONS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE ACTION AS NECESSARY...

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
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WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BATON ROUGE.