Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1990, 6:10 PM CDT for Angelina County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 1990, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Angelina County, TX, Tyler 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
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 876 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 KBPT 012310 SVRBPT TXC005-457-020015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 610 PM CDT WED AUG 1 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHERN ANGELINA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...NORTHERN TYLER COUNTY AT 605 PM CDT...THE TYLER COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 69... 4 MILES NORTH OF WOODVILLE WITH WINDS GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FRED IN SOUTHEAST TYLER COUNTY TO NEAR BURKE IN SOUTHWEST ANGELINA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUT:SIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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, Aug 1, 2:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-011945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 155 PM CDT WED AUG 1 1990 AT 130 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED FROM JUST NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES TO THE LAFAYETTE AREA TO THE COAST FROM CAMERON TO VERMILION BAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE STREET FLOODING AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY NORTH. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... CONTINUED OVER EAST TEXAS AND OVER LOUISIANA FROM A LUFKIN TEXAS...MANY LOUISIANA...WINNFIELD LOUISIANA LINE TO NEAR HOUSTON...PORT ARTHUR TEXAS ...CAMERON...AND MORGAN CITY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND MORGAN CITY. A FEW SHOWERS CONTINUED IN THE GULF 40 TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS AND IN THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF...CAMERON...VERMILION BAY....AND MORGAN CITY.
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-012045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 246 PM CDT WED AUG 1 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 245 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN AREA COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING THE PAST HOUR. PORT ARTHUR WEATHER STATION AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT HAS RECORDED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALL AND WINDS GUSTING UP TO 32 MPH DURING THE LAST HOUR. RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR WAS 0.95 INCHES. THIS WILL CAUSE STREET AND LOW LYING AREA FLOODING DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN DRIVING AND DO NOT DRIVE IN FLOODED ROADWAY OR STREETS. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS FREQUENTLY OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER LIGHTNING IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST KILLER WITH THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED NORTH OF A LINE FROM CENTRAL NEWTON AND JASPER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL SABINE COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. NNNN
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-012045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 PM CDT WED AUG 1 1990 AT 225 PM...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER EAST TEXAS AND OVER LOUISIANA FROM A LUFKIN TEXAS...MANY LOUISIANA...WINNFIELD LOUISIANA...JENA LOUISIANA LINE TO NEAR LIBERTY TEXAS...BEAUMONT...CAMERON...AND MORGAN CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CAMERON PARISH AND OVER ACADIA PARISH WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW AREAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND MORGAN CITY. A LFEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE GULF 80 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS AND IN THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF CAMERON AND ATCHAFAYALA BAY.
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-012145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 345 PM CDT WED AUG 1 1990 AT 325 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SHOWN OVER EAST TEXAS AND OVER LOUISIANA FROM A LUFKIN TEXAS...MANSFIELD LOUISIANA...WINNFIELD LOUISIANA...JENA LOUISIANA LINE TO NEAR...BEAUMONT...CAMERON...LAFAYETTE AND MORGAN CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER RAPIDES...VERNON...BEAUREGARD...AND CALCASIEU PARISHES MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW PLACES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM JUST WEST OF BEAUMONT TO NEAR HOUSTON AND FREEPORT...IN THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF CAMERON...AND IN THE GULF 20 AND 70 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MPH
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-012235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 430 PM CDT WED AUG 1 1990 AT 425 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND ALEXANDRIA...ALSO ALONG THE SABINE RIVER NORTHWEST OF DEQUINCY. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER RAPIDES...VERNON...AND BEAUREGARD PARISH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW PLACES. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM JUST WEST OF BEAUMONT TO NEAR HOUSTON AN<D FREEPORT...NORTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE...WEST OF LAKE CHARLES...AND SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MPH
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:25 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-012330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 530 PM CDT WED AUG 1 1990 AT 525 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND JENA AND ALSO ALONG THE SABINE RIVER WEST OF SINGER. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER RAPIDES...LASALLE...AND WESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SOME LOCALIZE FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW PLACES. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM LUFKIN TO NORTH OF BEAUMONT...IN THE HOUSTON AREA...NORTH AND SOUTH OF BATON ROUGE...AND ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN WHITE LAKE AND THE ATCHAFAYALA BAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MPH.
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.