Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1990, 1:54 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1990, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1990, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 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 12:00Z, 6.9 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
- 1230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 251858 SVRLCH LAC011-019-252000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 154 PM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH...CALCASIEU PARISH AT 152 PM CDT...THE LAKE CHARLES WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF SULPHUR...TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE QUINCY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. 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 25, 10:54 AM CDT, 3 hours before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-251653- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1053 AM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 AT 1035 AM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN FROM THE MANY AREA TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF WINNFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WITH THIS PRESENT SPEED AND DIRECTION...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH PART OF VERNON AND RAPIDES...AND WEST GRANT PARISH DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WuITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM THE LIBERTY AREA...TO BETWEEN KIRBYVILLE AND SABINE PASS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-251745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1145 AM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 AT 1135 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN FROM NORTH OF BLACK LAKE TO JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL OVER GRANT AND RAPIDES PARISHES DURING THE NEAR HOUR AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWM FROM THE BEAUMONT AREA TO JUST WEST OF LAKE CHARLES TO NEAR CAMERON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR..BRINGING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. )
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-251745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1145 AM CDT MON JUN 25 1990 AT 1135 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN FROM NORTH OF BLACK LAKE TO JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL OVER GRANT AND RAPIDES PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWM FROM THE BEAUMONT AREA TO JUST WEST OF LAKE CHARLES TO NEAR CAMERON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR..BRINGING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOM1E SMALL HAIL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 69 min |
| Jun 25, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 68 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.