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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 3, 1990Vernon Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 6:28 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1990, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Vernon Parish, LA

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3592 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 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jun 3, 2:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-032040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
240 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR GRANT...LA SALLE
AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 225 PM...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH
HEAVY RAIN...HAD DEVELOPED FROM JUST NORTH OF JENA TO 20 MILES
NORTH OF NATCHITOCHES.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH TONIGHT AS
A FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES SOUTH OVER THE NORTH PART OF THE STATE.  THIS
SYSTEM COMBINE WITH THE SATURATED GROUND ACROSS THE NAMED PARISHES
WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS HEAVY PRECIPITATION SITUATION THROUGH TONIGHT.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY AWAY FROM
LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IF FLOODING OCCURS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-032135-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
335 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR GRANT...LA SALLE
AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 325 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WAS SHOWN FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...TO THE JENA AREA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
MOVE OVER THE SOUTH PARTS OF GRANT AND LA SALLE PARISHES...AND THE
NORTHEAST PART OF RAPIDES PARISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS....DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  IN ADDITION...THE
GROUND ACROSS THE ABOVE PARISHES REMAINS SATURATED AND FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS CAN BE ANTICIPATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...STAY AWAY FROM
LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS...AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IF FLOODING OCCURS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-032240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
440 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR GRANT...LA SALLE
AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 425 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED FROM
BETWEEN MANY AND MANSFIELD INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA ACROSS GRANT...LA SALLE
...AND RAPIDES PARISHES TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EAST OF ALEXANDRIA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW AREAS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTO6RM ACTIVITY.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:35 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-032340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
535 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR GRANT...LA SALLE
AND RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 525 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN IN
NORTHEAST TEXAS BETWEEN SAN AUGUSTINE AND LONGVIEW AND ALONG THE NORTHWEST
PORTIONS OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED IN LOUISIANA
FROM TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO THE MANY AND WINNFIELD AREAS TO BETWEEN
ALEXANDRIA AND MONROE TO BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 M}PH.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:48 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ033-032345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
548 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY TEXAS UNTIL 630PM CDT.
THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE CITY OF RUSK AND MOVING SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST. THIS MOVEMENT COULD PUT THE STORM ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF
NACOGDOCHES AND ANGELINA COUNTIES AROUND 615PM CDT. AT A MINIMUM,
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SAN AUGUSTINE AND SABINE
COUNTIES ALONG WITH PART OF LAKE TOLEDO BEND.  BOATERS ON EAST TEXAS
LAKES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK
SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SITED.
DJK

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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.