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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1990, 5:48 PM CDT for Newton County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1990, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1990, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 480 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 042248 SVRBPT TXC351-042315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 548 PM CDT MON JUN 4 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY AT 643 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY JUST WEST OF DEWEYVILLE IN SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. THIS STORM...LIKE OTHER STORM IN JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES... WAS NOT SHOWING ANY MOVEMENT SO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAY WILL A<LSO CAUSE PROBLEMS TO RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY. 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, Jun 4, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes 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 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.