Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1990, 7:07 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1990, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardin 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 040007 SVRBPT TXC199-040100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 707 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...HARDIN COUNTY AT 705 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN LUMBERTON AND SILSBEE MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL WAS INDICATED WITHIN THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS SARATOGA AND BATSON IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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, Jul 3, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ046-048-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 446 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 AT 430 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUSIANA TOWARDS THE WEST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AROUND 700 PM THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL AND LIGHTNING. THE RAINFALL RATES WILL ALSO BE EXCESSIVE AND URBAN STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND SURROUNDING CITIES AND TOWNS. HOMEOWNERS SHOULD PICK UP AND STORE LAWN FURNITURE AND TOYS TO LESSEN THE THREAT OF MISSILE DAMAGE OR INJURY. BRING IN CHILDREN AND PETS AS THE STORMS APPROACH TO ELIMINATE THE THREAT OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. AND...MOTORIST ARE REMINDED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH DEEP OR SWIFT WATER. LIGHTNING AND FLOODING ARE THE TWO GREATEST KILLERS IN THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON AND AROUND LAKE SABINE AND THE SABINE SHIP CHANNEL AND ON THE JETTIES SHOULD MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO PORT ARTHURS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST ON THESE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. : DCG NNNN NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
LAZ007-008-011-012-032245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 445 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 AT 425 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SHOWN FROM JUST EAST OF LAKE CHARLES TO THE COAST MIDWAY BETWEEN CAMERON AND WHITE LAKE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE WEST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING...MIDWAY BETWEEN NATCHITOCHES AND ALEXANDRIA...JUST SOUTH OF OAKDALE...JUST SOUTHWEST OF KINDER AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
TXZ046-048-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 539 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 AT 530 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED ACROSS THE LAKE CHARLES AREA AND CONTINUED MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH TOWARDS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE LAKE CHARLES WEATHER OFFICE RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES AND 50 MPH WINDS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WIND CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE BY 700 PM THIS EVENING ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND MAYBE SOME HAIL. WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 60 MPH SO BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AND SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS FROM THIS WEATHER OFFICE. DCG NNNN NNNN
Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SEVERE STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
630 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990
AT 448 PM CDT...WIND GUSTED TO 49 MPH AT THE LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL
AIRPORT.
AT 456 PM CDT...WIND GUSTED AGAIN TO 44 MPH AT THE LAKE CHARLES
REGIONAL AIRPORT.
AT 501 PM CDT...CALCASIEU SHERIFF DEPARMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHED
DOWN AT HIGHWAY 90 AND HIGHWAY 397. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
AZARAN 70/7.i
AT 555 PM CDT...OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN RECORDED WITHIN 1 HOUR AT THE
LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT.Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:49 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
LAZ007-008-011-012-040045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 645 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 AT 631 PM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS OCCURRING NEAR ORANGE TEXAS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE RIDDER TO JUST NORTH OF DE QUINCY TO THE SABINE RIVER JUST NORTH OF ORANGE TEXAS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE WEST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIXED IN AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE NEAR LEESVILLE TO BETWEEN BEAUMONT TEXAS AND LAFAYETTE TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:54 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
LAZ007-008-011-012-040045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 645 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 AT 631 PM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS OCCURRING NEAR ORANGE TEXAS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE RIDDER TO JUST NORTH OF DE QUINCY TO THE SABINE RIVER JUST NORTH OF ORANGE TEXAS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE WEST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIXED IN AN AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR LEESVILLE TO BETWEEN BEAUMONT TEXAS AND LAFAYETTE TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.