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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 27, 1990Angelina County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1990, 6:39 PM CDT for Angelina County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 2 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
Apr 27, 1990, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
66 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 6:50 PM CDTHail 0.75Angelina, TX
Apr 27, 7:35 PM CDTTornado F1Angelina, 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

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBPT 272339
SVRBPT
TXC005-280045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
639 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
 
IN EAST CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...ANGELINA COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST ANGELINA COUNTY MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WINDS WITH LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR THE TOWN OF WOODVILLE WITHIN THE NEXT
THIRTY MINUTES.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler56 min
Apr 27, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHHardin39 min
Apr 27, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNacogdoches39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.