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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 27, 1990Hardin County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1990, 6:51 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1990, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Hardin County, TX

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1990-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1990-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-264 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 272351
SVRBPT
TXC347-199-280030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
651 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
 
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...NACOGDOCHES COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...HARDIN COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF THE TOWN OF
NACOGDOCHES TEXAS. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN HARDIN COUNTY
NEAR KOUNTZE TEXAS. THE MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL
AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.
 
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, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAngelina66 min
Apr 27, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler56 min
Apr 27, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNacogdoches39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.