Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Lake Charles, LA

TXZ033-046-048-302045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
236 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 215 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NORTH OF A LINE
FROM CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY TO NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY.

THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN NEWTON AND EASTERN
JASPER COUNTIES. PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN KIRBYVILLE.

ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL... PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST
TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LOCAL FLOODING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE VERY SLOWLY MOVING TO THE WEST COULD CAUSE
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THIS AFTERNOO-N.

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TXZ033-046-048-302115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
318 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...

315 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE NEAR WOODVILLE..JASPER..NEWTON..BEAUMONT AND
ORANGE TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING AS A RESULT OF THE DAYTIME
HEATING AND MOVING SLOWLY WEST.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTH OF NEWTON TEXAS NEAR WOODVILLE AND
ORANGE TEXAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET AND PRODUCE
VERY HEAVY RAINS WITH SOME LOCAL STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE. HAIL
ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEEN OBSERVED.

PERSONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LOCAL NOAA
WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHUR STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND REPORT
ANY SEVERE WEATHER DAMAGES TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-302140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
435 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990

AT 425 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING
FROM NEAR OAKDALE...DE RIDDER...AND JASPER TEXAS TO THE KINDER...DE QUINCY
...ORANGE TEXAS...AND BEAUMONT TEXAS AREAS.    THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH...AND OVER BEAUREGARD AND
ALLEN PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW PLACES
...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND OVER THAT PART OF LOUISIANA BETWEEN
MANY...MANSFIELD...AND WINNFIELD.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN IN THE GULF 60 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GALVESTON...ALONXG THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST NEAR FREEPORT...AND
BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND LAFAYETTE.

LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-302240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
430 PM CDT MON JUL 30 1990

AT 425 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS IN THE VICINITY OF BEAUMONT EXTENDING NORTHWARD ALONG
THE NECHES RIVER TO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF RAYBURN LAKE. THESE STORMS
DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW PLACES
...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN OVER BETWEEN SHREVEPORT AND ALEXNADRIA AND NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST
OF LAKE CHARLES.