Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1990, 1:44 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1990, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1990, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Beauregard 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 2755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 231846 SVRLCH LAC011-231945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 144 PM CDT MON JUL 23 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...BEAUREGARD PARISH AT 135 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF DE QUINCY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 23, 9:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-231540- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 945 AM CDT MON JUL 23 1990 AT 925 AM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR VINTON..NEAR ORANGE..AND 25 MILES WEST OF BEAUMONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL STREET FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF CALCASIEU PARISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE AREA FROM 10 MILES EAST OF DE RIDDER TO WHITE LAKE TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TO FREEPORT TEXAS AND TO NORTHWEST OF CONROE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED INTO A NARROW LINE FROM NORTHERN TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO LAKE LIVINGSTON TO NORTHWEST OF CONROE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 10:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-231640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1040 AM CDT MON JUL 23 1990 AT 1025 AM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR KINDER...NEAR VINTON..AND WEST OF BEAUMONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND LOCAL STREET FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF CALCASIEU AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE AREA FROM NEAR MANY TO SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA TO 35 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF WHITE LAKE THEN TO WEST OF FREEPORT TEXAS AND WEST OF CONROE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:45 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-231840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1235 PM CDT MON JUL 23 1990 AT 1225 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES MOVING OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. A BRIEF THUNDERSTORM AT THE AIRPORT DROPPED A QUARTER INCH RAIN IN A FEW MINUTES WITH WIND GUSTS TO 29 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND OVER SOUTH LOUISIANA FROM JUST NORTH WEST OF LAFAYETTE ACROSS CROWLEY...JENNINGS...LAKE CHARLES...TO NEAR AND EAST OF BEAUMONT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE INDICATED FROM ALEXANDRIA TO LAFAYETTE SOUTH TO THE COAST...THEN WEST FROM FORT POLK SOUTH INTO THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF CAMERON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM SOUTH OF LAKE LIVINGSTON AND LUFKIN ACROSS HOUSTON...FREEPORT...GALVESTON...AND JUST OFFSHORE SOUTHEAST TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN ACADIA...JEFF DAVIS...AND CALCASlIEU PARISHES... WILL PRODUCE BRIEF GSUTY WINDS...RAINS HEAVY ENOUGH FOR TEMPORARY STREET FLOODING...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER LAFAYETTE PARISH BY 130PM.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:38 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-231940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 135 PM CDT MON JUL 23 1990 AT 125 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND LAKE CHARLES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NOW MIXED IN WIDESPREAD RAIN COVERED MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FROM SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE TO JUST SOUTH OF BEAUMONT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE ALSO SHOWN FROM JUST SOUTH EAST AND SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA TO MIDWAY BETWEEN LAFAYETTE AND BATON ROUGE TO VERMILION BAY. A NEW BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS COVERED CENTRAL AND WEST LOUISIANA FROM JUST SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA ACROSS FORT POLK TO JASPER AND LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS SOUTH ACROSS HOUSTON AND GALVESTON INTO THE GULF. STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF JASPER TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS AROUND LAKE CHARLES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS CAPABLE OF STREET AND LOW LYING AREA FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 59 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.