Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 9:46 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1990, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 040247 SVRLCH LAC011-019-040330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 946 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...BEAUREGARD PARISH...CALCASIEU PARISH AT 940 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE SABINE RIVER IN WEST LOUISIANA ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF STARKS. THIS STORM WAS IN A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE WEST PART OF BEAUREGARD AND CALCASIEU PARISHES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 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.
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, 6:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 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. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 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 NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 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, 1 hour 21 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 NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:06 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-040315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 906 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1AM CDT MONDAY MORNING. AT 905PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF JASPER TO NEAR FRED TO NEAR VOTAW IN HARDIN COUNTY TEXAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. GUSTY WINDS HAVE OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF JASPER. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAS ACCOMPANIED SOME OF THESE STORMS CAUSING POWER AND TELEPHONE OUTAGES IN WOODVILLE AND JASPER. IF THE CURRENT MOVEMENT PERSISTS THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE BEAUMONT AREA AROUND 10PM CDT. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-040345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 946 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1AM CDT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE LUFKIN AREA. AT 940PM CDT THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST NORTH OF DEWEYVILLE TO LUMBERTON TO NORTH OF HOUSTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NORTH OF DEWEYVILLE. THE OVERALL TREND AS BEEN FOR THE STORMS TO DIMINISHING IN STRENGTH DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN THE LUFKIN AREA. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR HOUSTON, TRINITY, NACOGDOCHES, ANGELINA, SAN AUGUSTINE AND SABINE COUNTIES IN TEXAS. ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS CONTINUE OVER THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. DJ NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 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.