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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 3, 1990Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 8:31 PM CDT for Allen Parish, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1990, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard 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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1935 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
1935 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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, 5:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 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, 2 hours 43 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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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-040045-

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF EAST TEXAS
UNTIL 1AM CDT THIS MORNING

AT 630PM TWO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN THE EAST TEXAS
LAKES AREA.  ONE IN WESTERN THE NACOGDOCHES COUNTY NEAR DOUGLAS HAD A
HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER BUT HAS DIMINISHED SOME IN THE PAST 20
MINUTES.  ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HEMPHILL IN
SABINE COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ANGELINA, NACOGDOCHES, TRINITY,
CHEROKEE, SABINE, HOUSTON, SAN ANGUSTINE, JASPER, JEFFERSON, HARDIN,
NEWTON, ORANGE, TYLER.

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:41 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-040145-

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1AM MONDAY MORNING.

AT 740PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM LAKE
LIVINGSTON TO LAKE SAM RAYBURN, THEN CURVING SOUTHWARD TO JUST NORTH
OF JASPER THEN EASTWARD INTO LOUISIANA.  STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGEST
OF THESE STORMS.  THE STORMS WILL NEAR A WOODVILLE/KIRBYVILLE LINE BY
800PM CDT.
DJ

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-040140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
805 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

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

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
VERNON PARISH...

AT 800 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO SINK
SLOWLY SOUTH AND SPREAD DEEPER INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE LARGE MASS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST
OF ALEXANDRIA TO BETWEEN DE RIDDER AND DE QUINCY AND INTO TEXAS TO JUST
NORTH OF KIRBYVILLE.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS5...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY OVER SOUTHERN RAPIDES
...AND OVER BEAUREGARD AND ALLEN PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:25 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-040230-

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1AM CDT FOR ALL OF EAST
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE PORT ARTHUR AND LUFKIN
METROPOLITAN AREAS.

AT 835PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR
HUNTSVILLE TO WOODVILLE TO NEWTON TEXAS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
NEAR WOODVILLE.  THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS.
DJ

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon50 min
Jun 3, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon31 min
Jun 3, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu44 min
Jun 3, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJasper, Newton58 min
Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHJefferson3 hr
Jun 4, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHJefferson44 min
Jun 4, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHOrange32 min
Jun 4, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton27 min

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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.