Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
145 PM CST THU MAR 28 1990

AT 130 PM...LARGE AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF BEAUREGARD
PARISH INTO VERNON PARISH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO TEMPORARILY FLOOD STREETS AND LOW LYING HIGHWAYS FROM
LEESVILLE ACROSS FORT POLK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

A WIDESPREAD BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN...40 TO 50 MILES
WIDE...WAS SHOWN IN WEST LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS FROM JUST EAST AND
WEST OF ALEXANDRIA ACROSS TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND RAYBURN LAKE TO
LUFKIN THEN SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAKE LIVINGSTON TO WELL SOUTHWEST OF
HUNTSVILLE.

A LARGE RAIN AREA WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM HOUSTON TO
FREEPORT AND FROM LAFAYETTE ACROSS VERMILION BAY INTO THE GULF ABOUT
30 MILES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
245 PM CST THU MAR 28 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WEST LOUISIANA...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

AT 235 PM...A WIDESPREAD BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WAS
SHOWN IN CENTRAL AND WEST LOUISIANA INTO EAST TEXAS FROM ALEXANDRIA
TO TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR SOUTH TO DERIDDER THEN WEST ACROSS RAYBURN
LAKE...LUFKIN...SOUTHWEST TO COLLEGE STATION.

A WIDESPREAD AREA OF RAIN WITH APPARENT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN
THE RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM HOUSTON ACROSS GALVESTON AND FREEPORT SOUTH
INTO THE GULF 75 MILES...ANDJ WEST OF HOUSTON AND GALVESTON ABOUT 75 MILES.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A FEW SHOWERS WERE SHOWN FROM MORGAN CITY TO LAFAYETTE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
345 PM CST THU MAR 28 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR MOST OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

AT 330 PM...CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOW INDICATED FROM
HOUSTON...GALVESTON...FREEPORT...INTO THE GULF 25 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH
SOUTHWEST OF FREEPORT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MIXED IN THE RAIN WAS ALSO
SHOWN FROM NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA TO WINNFIELD...THEN AGAIN OVER VERNON
PARISH AROUND LEESVILLE AND FORT POLK...TO NEAR AND WELL NORTHEAST THROUGH
SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
440 PM CST THU MAR 28 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR MOST OF
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
TONIGHT...

AT 430 PM A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING A LITTLE NORTHEAST OF
ALEXANDRIA AND ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING AROUND DERIDDER TO A
LITTLE SOUTH OF OAKDALE.

HOWEVER A LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHEAST TEXAS APPROCHING WESTERN LOUISIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST FROM NEAR HIGH ISLAND
ACROSS GALVESTON BAY TO A LITTLE SOUTH OF FREEPORT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE PART OF A LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OCCURRING
OVER MOST OF EAST TEXAS.

THIS LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SPREADING EAST AT ABOUT
20 MPH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENT OR WARNING DURING THE EVEN HOURS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
521 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH  UNTIL 900 PM CST...

AT 500 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LUMBERTON
THROUGH BEAUMONT AND NEDERLAND SOUTHWEST TO EAST OF HIGH ISLAND WAS
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL DUE TO THE WET ROADS AND VERY
LOW VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVY RAINS.

FLOODING OF LOW AREAS IS POSSIBLE AS 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
FROM THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS JEFFERSON AND
ORANGE COUNTIES.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COASTAL WATER BETWEEN HIGH
ISLAND AND SABINE PASS UNTIL 700 PM CST.  BOATERS AND MARINE INTERESTS
SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS AS THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE
COASTAL WATERS AS FAR WEST AS 25 TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF FREEPORT.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
632 PM CST THU MAR 29 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CST...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH CANCELLED IN SE TEXAS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 96 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.

THE INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST INTO SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA AND CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST.  RAINFALLS OF ABOUT 1 INCH WERE
RECORDED IN THE COASTAL AREAS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AS THE LINE MOVED
ACROSS THE AREA.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS ALONG THE NECHES RIVER SOUTH OF DAM
B...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  WITH THE HEAVY RAINS OF LAST NIGHT
AND SOME CREEK ALREADY OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN NORTH AND CENTRAL JASPER
COUNTY...THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING
MORE WATER PROBLEMS TO CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY.

HEAVY RAINS WERE RECORDED IN LUFKIN WITH 2.65 INCHES IN THE PAST SIX
HOURS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS TONIGHT IN AND AROUND NORTH AND
CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY.  WATER CAN SWEEP A CAR DOWNSTREAM WITH VERY
LITTLE TROUBLE...DO NOT CROSS FLOWING WATER.

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