Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Lake Charles, LA

Issued

Jun 4, 1990, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Lake Charles, LA

Area

Whole counties

County Jefferson County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KBPT 042216
SVRBPT
TXC245-042300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
516 PM CDT MON JUN 4 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 513 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CHINA IN NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER BEAUMONT.
 
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SEVERE STORMS.
THEY ARE SHOWING NO MOVEMENT AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO
IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BEAUMONT.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
DCG
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In the hours before

TXZ046-048-042215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
420 PM CDT MON JUN 4 1990

AT 410 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN FRINGE
OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE.  THE LINE EXTENDED FROM VIDOR ACROSS BEAUMONT
AND SOUR LAKE TO NORTH HOUSTON.  THE LINE WAS NOT SHOWING ANY
MOVEMENT.

THE LACK OF ANY MOVEMENT WILL CAUSE URBAN FLOODING IN VIDOR...BEAUMONT
AND SOUR LAKE.  THE HEAVY RUNOFF WILL CAUSE CANALS AND BAYOUS TO FILL
AND DITCHES TO FLOOD.

MOTORIST SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT CROSSING DEEP OR SWIFT WATER ACROSS ANY
ROADS OR HIGHWAYS.  THESE STORMS DEVELOPED AT A BAD TIME WITH
AFTERNOON HOMEBOUND TRAFFIC BEGINNING.

ALLOW EXTRA DRIVING TIME OR STAY IN TOWN FOR A WHILE UNTIL THE
THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET.

ADDITIONAL STATEEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
PORT ARTHUR WEATHER OFFICE ON THE WEATHER RADIO THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.

DCG

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.