Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
742 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 200 AM...

AT 725 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN IN TEXAS FROM
KOUNTZE TO JUST NORTHWEST OF SAN AUGUSTINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS....DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PERIODS
OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS DETECTED IN
TEXAS FROM THE CONROE AND LAKE LIVINGSTON AREAS....TO NEAR THE NORTHERN
END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR.

LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-280245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
840 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 200 AM...

AT 825 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS. IN LOUISIANA ONE WAS
LOCATED BETWEEN CONVERSE AND MANY...AND OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS LOCATIONS
WERE JUST EAST OF SAN AUGUSTINE OVER TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR...AND OVER
KIRBYSVILLE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WgERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WESTERN
LOUISIANA FROM SHREVEPORT TO BEAUMONT. AND NEAR LAKE LIVINGSTON IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1047 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARDIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.  HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST JEFFERSON
COUNTY BETWEEN FANNETT AND CHINA DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AND WAS
DISSIPATING.  IT WAS STILL GIVING US A WONDERFUL LIGHT SHOW.

OTHERWISE...HIGH LEVEL THUNDERSHOWERS COVERED MOST OF
JEFFERSON...ORANGE...HARDIN...SOUTHERN JASPER AND SOUTHERN NEWTON
COUNTIES THIS EVENING.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER HOUSTON AND
GALVESTON AND LAKE CHARLES NORTHEASTWARD.

GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND MAYBE EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL WILL
ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN NEWTON AND
JASPER COUNTIES AND NEAR WARREN AND WILDWOOD.  THESE APPEAR TO BE
DEVELOPING ALONG THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE
NEAR DAWN.

CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF SEVERE
WEATHER SO STAY TUNED TO PORT ARTHURS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPEMENTS.

DCG

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LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-280445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1100 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 200 AM...

AT 1055 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN BY THE LAKE CHARLES
WEATHER RADAR FROM 20 MILES EAST OF VILLE PLATTE TO JUST EAST OF JENNINGS
TO THE COAST 20 MILES EAST OF CAMERON.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH...ACADIA AND LAFAYETTE
PARISHES...THE EASTERN THIRD OF CAMERON PARISH...AND THROUGH VERMILION
PARISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

ATTN SELS BPT

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1115 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

TIME
640 PM CDT    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR WOODVILLE AND HILLISTER TEXAS
              REPORTED BY WOODVILLE SHERIFF AND PUBLIC/TYLER COUNTY.

645 PM CDT    PUBLIC REPORT PENNY SIZE HAIL NORTH OF VILLAGE MILLS/
              HARDIN COUNTY.

650 PM CDT    PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC NEAR SAM RAYBURN
              RESERVOIR/ANGELINA COUNTY.

730 PM CDT    3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR SAM RAYBURN DAM IN JASPER COUNTY
              REPORTED BY JASPER SHERIFF. LIMBS ON TREES BLOWN DOWN.

735 PM CDT    TORNADO SPOTTED HWY #147 SW OF BROADDUS IN COUNTY
              OF SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS. REPORTED BY LUFKIN DEPARTMENT
              PUBLIC SAFETY.

740 PM CDT    UPROOTED TREES/POWERLINES DOWN ALONG WITH A SMALL FIRE
              IN CITY OF NACOGDOCHES ON RAQUET STREET. NO INJURIES
              NOTED. REPORTED BY NACOGDOCHES SHERIFF.

745 PM CDT   FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES NORTH OF JASPER TEXAS MOVING
             EAST. RECEIVED BY CH12 TV BEAUMONT TEXAS.

802 PM CDT   NICKLE SIZE HAIL CITY OF JASPER RECEIVED BY DEPARTMENT
             OF PUBLIC SAFETY LUFKIN TEXAS.

825 PM CDT   LOCAL STORM SPOTTERS ACTIVATED FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY.

849 PM CDT   WINDS GUSTING TO 65 MPH AT HEMPHILL TEXAS. NICKLE SIZE
             HAIL AT PINELAND AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT BROOKLAND
             TEXAS IN SABINE COUNTY. NUMEROUS REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS
             WEST SABINE COUNTY REPORTED BY HEMPHILL EMS.

854 PM CDT   TORNADO SPOTTED AT 835 PM CDT AT MOUNT UNION IN JASPER
             COUNTY. REPORTED BY JASPER POLIICE.

            WESLEY

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1140 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
   UNTIL 200 AM SATURDAY MORNING...

AT 1130 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM WOODVILLE
MISSISSIPPI TO JUST NORTH OF BATON ROUGE TO JUST WEST OF ABBEVILLE.
ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM LEESVILLE TO SOUTHWEST
TO BEAUMONT TEXAS.

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN THE GULF OF JUST SOUTH OF
GALVESTON TEXAS.

THE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AT 40 MPH AND
AND WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY
RAIN...DANAGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL
AS IT MOVES THROUGH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND PART OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.