Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1990, 1:36 PM CDT for Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1990, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1990, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nacogdoches 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2910 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 311836 SVRBPT TXC347-311945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 136 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...NACOGDOCHES COUNTY AT 133 PM CDT...THE NACOGDOCHES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN WESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY NEAR DOUGLAS. STORMS IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY THIS MORNING HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG WINDS AND THE STORM PRODUCING THE DAMAGE NEAR DOUGLAS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES SHORTLY. STAY CLEAR OF WINDOWS AND SCREENS. ALSO...FLOODING IS A REAL THREAT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS THE AREA THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA REMAINS UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT. 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 OR6 BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DCG 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, May 31, 8:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-311431- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 831 AM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR WEST-CENTRBAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES VERNON PARISH... AT 825 AM...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER TEXAS FROM THE NORTH END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR...TO 25 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 31, 9:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-311530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 930 AM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES VERNON PARISH... AT 925 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN... CONTINUED FROM JUST NORTH OF LUFKIN TEXAS...TO THE MANY AND MANSFIELD LOUISIANA AREAS...TO JUST NORTH OF WINNFIELD LOUISIANA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 31, 10:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-311630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1030 AM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES VERNON PARISH... AT 1025 AM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN JUST NORTH OF MANSFIELD. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN ...WERE OCCURRING FROM OVER TEXAS MIDWAY BETWEEN LUFKIN AND LONGVIEW... ACROSS THE NORTH END TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR INTO LOUISIANA...TO THE MANY AND WINNFIELD AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 31, 10:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-311630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1030 AM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES VERNON PARISH... AT 1025 AM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN JUST NORTH OF MANSFIELD. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN ...WERE OCCURRING FROM OVER TEXAS MIDWAY BETWEEN LUFKIN AND LONGVIEW... ACROSS THE NORTH END TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR INTO LOUISIANA...TO THE MANY AND WINNFIELD AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 31, 11:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-311740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1140 AM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES VERNON PARISH... AT 1125 AM...SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN... CONTINUED FROM NEAR SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS AND THE NORTHERN TIP OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR...ACROSS THE MANFIELD LOUISIANA AREA...TO JUST NORTH OF WINNFIELD. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED FROM THE OAKDALE AND BUNKIE AREAS...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...AND OVER TEXAS IN THE WOODVILLE AND LUFKIN AREAS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:38 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-311837- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1237 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WEST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND INCLUDES VERNON PARISH... AT 1225 PM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE NORTHERN TIP OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND WINNFIELD. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...WITH HEAVY RAIN...WAS DEVELOPING OVER VERNON PARISH MIDWAY BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND OAKDALE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...RAIN MIXED WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN... WERE DETECTED FROM JUST NORTH OF LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS...TO THE MANSFIELD AND WINNFIELD LOUISIANA AREAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED FROM JUST NORTH OF BUNKIE...TO MIDWAY BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND OPELOUSAS. AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS ALSO NOTED JUST NORTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine | 4 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.