Tornado Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
935 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WILL LIKELY EFFECT
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATER TONIGHT...

AT 925PM RADAR SHOWED A BAND ABOUT 18 MILES WIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS..
SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND HAIL..WAS MOVING
THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF HOUSTON TO JUST WEST OF
JASPER ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF TOLEDO BEND.  THIS BAND OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDER/
STORMS AT COVERED MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND MOVING INTO WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD WATCH
LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENT OR WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1035 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS APPROCHING SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA...

AT 1025 PM RADAR SHOWED A BAND..ABOUT 18 MILES WIDE..OF THUNDERSTORMS
..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND HAIL MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF GALVESTON TO ABOUT
25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAUMONT AND ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH PART OF
TOLEDO BEND.  THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO VERNON PARISH OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
SHORTLY ABTER 11PM.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
COVERED MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.

THIS LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT..LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.

THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED IN THE GULF ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH
OF SABINE PASS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1135 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

AT 1125 PM RADAR SHOWED A BAND..ABOUT 18 MILES WIDE..OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM BEAUMONT TEXAS INTO VERNON PARISH A
LITTLE WEST OF LEESVILLE AND INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO ABOUT 15 MILES
WEST OF NATCHITOCHES.

THE STORMS HAD DECREASED SOME DURING THE PAST HOUR BUT WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

OTHERWISE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED IN THE GULF
ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TO JUST OFF SHORE SOUTH OF
GALVESTON TEXAS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1245 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE COASTAL
WATERS...

AT 1232 AM...RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE
EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF DE QUINCY TO JUST SOUTH OF GALVESTON AND
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

THE STORMS HAD DECREASED SOME DURING THE PAST HOUR BUT WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
AND THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

A LARGE MASS OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MONROE
TO4 100 MILES OFFSHORE SOUTH OF WHITE LAKE TO WEST OF FREEPORT TEXAS AND
TO THE SHREVEPORT AREA AND THE MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

ATTN SELS BPT

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
130 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 1989

725 PM CDT   LONGVIEW RADAR OPERATOR REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL IN
             SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PINELAND TEXAS IN SABINE
             COUNTY.

903 PM CDT   EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPOTTER REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL
             AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR HEMPHILL TEXAS. THE DOWN
             LIMBS CAUSED AN ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGE THROUGH THEG
             TOWN OF HEMPHILL.