Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1990, 9:40 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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
- Apr 14, 1990, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1990, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, TX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jefferson, TX |
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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 141440 SVRBPT TXC245-141645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 940 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 930 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SQUALL LINE EXTENDED FROM JASPER TO KOUNTZE TO GALVESTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AS THE SQUALL LINE MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY...WIND MAY GUST TO 60 MPH ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE RAIN AND SEA SPRAY WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THE HIGH WINDS MAY CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS ON OPEN WATER AND DAMAGE CAMPSITES AT SEARIM STATE PARK AND ALONG THE BEACH. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR AND PERSONS MAKE FOR SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE ACROSS HIGH ISLAND BY 10 AM. DCG SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIeOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NNNN
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, Apr 14, 7:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ033-046-141330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 725 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9AM CDT FOR MOST OF DEEP EAST TEXAS. AT 720AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PALESTINE TO COLLEGE STATION. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THIS MOVEMENT THE STORMS WILL REACH THE LUFKIN AREA SHORTLY AFTER 8AM CDT THIS MORNING. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AROUND 6AM CDT. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE FAST MOVING STORMS. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 8:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
TXZ033-046-141400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 804 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF DEEP EAST TEXAS EXPIRES AT 900AM CDT. AT 800AM CDT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR NACOGDOCHES TO LUFKIN TO HUNTSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTH OF NACOGDOCHES TO NEAR HEMPHILL. THESE STORMS WER:E MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS IN THE LAST TWO HOURS. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE WATCH WILL BE PERMITTED TO EXPIRE AT 9AM CDT. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 9:02 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-141500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 902 AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990 ...HAIL AND HIGH WINDS IN LUFKIN... AT 840 AM...THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION AT LUFKIN TEXAS REPORTED PEA SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 46 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTENING. BOATERS AND CAMPERS ON EAST TEXAS LAKE RAYBURN... TOLEDO BEND AND STEINHAGEN SHOULD MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AND CAMPERS IN THE EAST TEXAS PINEY WOODS AREA CAMPGROUND SHOULD MAKE FOR SAFE SHELTER. THE STRONG WINDS CAN CAPSIZE FISHING BOATS AND DAMAGE CAMPSITES AND CAUSE INJURY TO PERSONS PLUS THE DAMAGE AND INJURY CAUSED BY HAIL. AT 850 AM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM HEMPHILL TO NACOGDOCHES THEN SOUTHWARD TO LUFKIN AND LIBERTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WILL MOVE INTO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AROUND 11 AM THIS MORNING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS SATURDAY MORNING HAS EXPIRED AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY. HOWEVER...SOME STORM MAY CONTAIN WINDS AND HAIL NEAR SEVERE LIMITS. STAY TUNED TO PORT ARTHURS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPEMENTS. DCG NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 9:27 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
TXZ048-046-033-141500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 902AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990 ...HAIL AND HIGH WINDS IN LUFKIN... AT 840AM...THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION AT LUFKIN TEXAS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 46 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BOATERS AND CAMPERS ON EAST TEXAS LAKE RAYBURN... TOLEDO BEND AND STEINHAGEN SHOULD MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AND CAMPERS IN THE EAST TEXAS PINEY WOODS AREA CAMPGROUND SHOULD MAKE FOR SAFE SHELTER. THE STONG WINDS CAN CAPSIZE FISHING BOATS AND DAMAGE CAMPSITES AND CAUSE INJURY TO PERSON PLUS THE DAMAGE AND INJURY CAUSED BY HAIL. AT 850 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM HEMPHILL TO NACOGDOCHES THEN SOUTHWARD TO LUFKIN AND LIBERTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WILL MOVE INTO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AROUND 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER THIS SATURDAY MORNING HAS EXPIRED AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY. HOWEVER... SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN WINDS AND HAIL NEAR SEVERE LIMITS. STAY TUNED TO PORT7 ARTHURS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPEMENTS. DCG/DJ
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 9:37 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
TXZ048-141530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 940AM CDT SAT APR 14 1990 ....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE... AT 940AM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM KOUNTZE TO GALVESTON WAS MOVING TOWARD BEAUMONT AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO BEAUMONT BY 10 AM CDT AND THROUGH THE REST OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE SHORTLY THERaEAFTER. ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. WINDS HAVE GUSTED AS HIGH AS 56 MPH IN HOUSTON DURING THE PAST HOUR. DJ
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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.