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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Lake Charles, LA

December 20, 1990Angelina County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 20, 1990, 10:18 PM CST for Angelina County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 1990, 10:18 PM CST (04:18 UTC)
Expired
Dec 20, 1990, 11:15 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Angelina County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 20, 6:42 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-210135-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
635 PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
UNTIL 1100PM...

AT 630 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA IN
GRANT PARISH MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

BRIEF VERY GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND HEAVY SHOWERS CAN BE
EXPECTED IN GRANT...RAPIDES...AND LASALLE PARISH THIS EVENING.

OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN NORTHEAST THROUGH WEST OF
ALEXANDRIA...FROM NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE TO SINGER AND KIRBYVILLE TEXAS
...AND FROM THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR SOUTHWEST TO HOUSTON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 20, 7:37 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-210235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
735 PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
UNTIL 1100PM...

AT 725 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JASPER TEXAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WAS INDICATED MAINLY NORTHWEST OF
ALEXANDRIA TO NEAR AND NORTHEAST OF WINNFIELD.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM THE NORTH PART
OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR SOUTH ALONG THE SABINE RIVER TO 25 MILES WEST
OF LAKE CHARLES...NORTHWEST OF OAKDALE TO JUST NORTHEAST THROUGH WEST
OF LAKE CH:ARLES...NORTH OF LIBERTY TEXAS...AND OVER THE EXTREME SOUTH
WEST TIP OF MISSISSIPPI.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 20, 8:37 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-210335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
832 PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
UNTIL 1100PM...

AT 825 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERAL BANDS OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SHOWN
IN NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

THE BANDS WERE LOCATED FROM MONROE TO NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA TO
NORTHWEST OF OAKDALE...ALONG THE SABINE RIVER SOUTH OF TOLEDO BEND
RESERVOIR TO BEAUMONT...AND FROM RAYBURN LAKE TEXAS TO NORTH OF HOUSTON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 20, 9:26 PM CST, 52 minutes before
TXZ033-020430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
926 PM CST TUE JAN 1 1980

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ANGELINA AND NACOGDOCHES COUNTIES...

925 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LUFKIN AND
NACOGDOCHES TEXAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AND WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SOUTHWEST AND EAST OF LUFKIN TEXAS.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF LUFKIN AND NACOGDOCHES ARE ADVISED
TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED. REMEMBER TO MONITOR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND
RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHUR WEATHER INFORMATION.

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Special weather statement, Dec 20, 9:44 PM CST, 34 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-210440-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
942 PM CST THU DEC 20 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
UNTIL 1100PM...

AT 930 PM...A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN INTENSIFIED
IN EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR AND NORTHEAST OF LUFKIN ACROSS LAKE LIVINGSTON
TO ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

A BAND OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN
FROM NEAR...SOUTH...AND WEST OF ALEXANDRIA ACROSS VERNON PARISH TO NORTH
WEST OF KIRBYVILLE TEXAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Dec 20, 10:07 PM CST, 11 minutes before
TXZ033-020515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1007 PM CST THU DEC 20 1980

...MARBLE SIZE WAS SPOTTED IN LUFKIN TEXAS TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAD RECEIVED A REPORT OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL
IN DOWNTOWN LUFKIN TEXAS AT 930 PM TONIGHT.

THE HAIL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER LUFKIN AND
NACOGDOCHES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

AT 10 PM CST THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST OF NACOGDOCHES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH HEAVY RAINS AND MORE POSSIBLE
HAIL.

PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED
OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

NOTE..THE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY KTRE TV OF LUFKIN TEXAS.

NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 3:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSabine59 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.