Tornado Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1233 PM CDT THU MAY 4 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING VERNON PARISH...WEST LOUISIANA...

AT 1225 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN WEST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF LEESVILLE TO 20 MILES WEST OF
ALEXANDRIA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL COULD OCCUR IN
THESE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST VERNON PARISH INTO WEST RAPIDES
PARISH.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDESPREAD RAIN WERE SHOWN FROM NEAR
NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI ACROSS ALEXANDRIA TO NEAR LEESVILLE SOUTH TO
DEQUINCY AND IN EAST TEXAS OVER RAYBURN LAKE.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND WIDESPREAD RAIN COVERED SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA JUST NORTHEAST AND EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO NEAR AND
NORTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND APPARENT THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED TO
NEAR LUFKIN TO WELL SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTH OF THE CITY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
130 PM CDT THU MAY 4 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INCLUDING VERNON PARISH...WEST LOUISIANA...

AT 125 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED
JUST WEST OF BATON ROUGE AND ACROSS LEESVILLE TO FORT POLK.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN WIDESPREAD RAIN NOW COVERED MUCH OF
CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...WEST LOUISIANA...AND EAST TEXAS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN BANDS FROM NEAR NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO JUST
SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA ACROSS FORT POLK AND LEESVILLE TO RAYBURN LAKE AND
NEAR AND SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE ALSO INDICATED WEST OF BATON
ROUGE TO LAFAYETTE AND DERIDDER TO JUST NORTH OF BEAUMONT.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALEXANDRIA LA
135PM CDT THU MAY 4 1989

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 400PM
THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDING GRANT ... RAPIDES AND LASALLE
PARISHES...

AT 135PM  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA WITH THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING AT ALEXANDRIA
...PINEVILLE VICINITY THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT
ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR RAPIDES PARISH HAS
NOW MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE PARISH...

PERSONS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE PROMPT
ACTION IN THE EVENT SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD OCCUR AND REMAIN INSIDE
DURING PERIODS OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALEXANDRIA LA
155PM CDT THU MAY 4 1989

TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 700PM
THIS EVENING  INCLUDING GRANT ... RAPIDES AND LASALLE PARISHES...

AT 155PM  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA WITH THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING AT ALEXANDRIA
...PINEVILLE VICINITY THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT
ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR RAPIDES PARISH HAS
NOW MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE PARISH...

PERSONS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE PROMPT
ACTION IN THE EVENT SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD OCCUR AND REMAIN INSIDE
DURING PERIODS OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
233 PM CDT THU MAY 4 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM FOR CENTRAL...
SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

AT 225 PM...A LINE OF NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS
HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS FROM NEAR AND NORTH OF BATON ROUGE WEST TO VILLE PLATTE...
OAKDALE...DERIDDER...INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS JUST SOUTH OF HUNTSVILLE.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL
PRODUCE VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS CAPABLE OF BRIEF STREET FLOODING
ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAFIL IN BEAUREGARD...ALLEN
...EVANGELINE...PARISHES TO 330PM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
240PM CDT THU MAY 4 1989

 ..STRONG STORMS MOVING TOWARD THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE..

AT 240PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NORTH OF
BEAUMONT AND ORANGE.  THE STORMS WERE ALONG THE NORTHERN COUNTY LINE
OF HARDIN COUNTY TO KIRBYVILLE TO NEAR NEWTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH.

IF THE PRESENT MOTION CONTINUES THE STORMS WILL ENTER BEAUMONT
AROUND 4PM.  GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CDT FOR MOST OF EAST
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.  SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS
BEEN REPORTED ACROSS EAST TEXAS. DJ5K