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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 2:22 PM CST for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 53 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 1990, 2:22 PM CST (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rapides Parish, LA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 3:05 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Rapides, LA | |
| Dec 21, 3:10 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Rapides, LA | |
| Dec 21, 3:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Rapides, LA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 212025 SVRLCH LAC079-212115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 222 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...EASTERN RAPIDES PARISH AT 225 PM RADAR LAKE CHARLES RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHENEYVILLE IN SOUTHEAST RAPIDES PARISH. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO FA SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 21, 10:42 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-211635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1025 AM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 AT 1025 AM CST THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF SABINE PASS AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF VINTON. THE HEAVY RAINS IN THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES THUS MOTORIST SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION. ELSEWHERE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER A PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTH EAST TEXAS. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS FROM BLACK LAKE TO LAFAYETTE TO CAMERON TO JASPER TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 11:41 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-211735- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1135 AM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM TODAY FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN LOUISIANA... AT 1125 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM JOHNSONS BAYOU NORTHWARD TO NEAR VINTON AND FROM 15 MILES EAST OF DE QUINCEY TO NEAR JENNINGS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS NEAR THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION. ELSEWHERE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS FROM JONESBORO TO BATON ROUGE TO HOUSTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 12:03 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1203 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...WINTER ARRIVES IN SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT... A FRIGID COLD FRONT IS STEADILY MOVING SOUTHWARD TOWARD SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1200 PM CDT...THE FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM SAN ANTONIO TO COLLEGE STATION TO LONGVEIW. THE FRONT IS FORECASTED TO REACH THE EAST TEXAS LAKE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE LATE TONIGHT DROPPING TEMPERATURES INTO THE 30S. THE THREAT OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. THE EXTENDED COLD PERIOD WILL BE A THREAT TO PLANTS AND PETS. PLANTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INSIDE IF POSSIBLE OR PROVIDED WITH SOME EXTRA PROTECTION IF NOT POSSIBLE. PETS SHOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL SHELTER AND FOOD. PIPES MAY ALSO NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING DURING THE HOLIDAYS SHOULD OBTAIN WEATHER REPORTS BEFORE LEAVING. A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WAS OCCURING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...POSSIBLIY BECOMING A HAZARD TO HOLIDAY TRAVELERS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 1:43 PM CST, 39 minutes before
TXZ033-046-212145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 143 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 145 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KOUNTZE...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WOODVILLE...NEAR LUFKIN AND NACOGDOCHES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGTHNING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LUFKIN AND NACODGOCHES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 12:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 67 min |
| Dec 21, 12:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 31 min |
| Dec 21, 12:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Jefferson Davis | 41 min |
| Dec 21, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Rapides | 60 min |
| Dec 21, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Rapides | 34 min |
| Dec 21, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 63 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.