Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rapides 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 KLCH 040059 SVRLCH LAC079-040200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 800 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...RAPIDES PARISH RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LECOMPTE MOVING WESTWARD AT 25 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, Jul 3, 5:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 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, 1 hour 30 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, 1 hour 11 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, 1 hour 6 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:42 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ046-048-040145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 742 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 AT 730 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PERSISTED IN HARDIN COUNTY SOUTH OF KOUNTZE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 15 MPH. OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM JASPER TO BUNA ALSO MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. OTHERWISE...THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED OVER ORANGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES AND WERE DISSIPATING WHILE DRIFTING TO THE WEST. STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED IN ORANGE AND A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BETWEEN ORANGE AND VIDOR BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE THIS EVENING THAT SHOULD WRAP UP ANY ACTIVITY FOR TONIGHT. BUT...THE OUTFLOWS FROM TODAYS STORMS WILL BE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW. TO ADD TO THE RAIN CHANCES ARE A WEAK UPPER WAVE IN THE NORTHEAST GULF THAT WILL BE DRIFTING WEST DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DCG NNNN NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:48 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-040145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 745 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 AT 731 PM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SHOWN 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA AND NEAR VILLE PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIXED IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF JENA TO JUST NORTH OF LAFAYETTE AND CROWLEY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS SHOWN JUST SOUTHEAST OF JASPER TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MIXED IN AN AREA OF RAIN WHICH CONTINUED FROM THE SOUTHERN END OF RAYBURN LAKE TO THE BEAUMONT TEXAS...LAKE CHARLES AREAS TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST 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, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen | 68 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.