Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 19, 1990, 3:59 PM CST for Angelina County, Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 1990, 3:59 PM CST (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1990, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Angelina County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 4:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Angelina, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 510 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 192158 TORBPT TXC005-347-192245- BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 359PM CST FRI JAN 19 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF TEXAS...ANGELINA AND NACOGDOCHES UNTIL 445PM CST TODAY. AT 350PM THE LUFKIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED TORNADO DAMAGE 5 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN IN THE HUDSON AREA. RADAR SHOWS THIS STORM MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST INTO NACOGDOCHES COUNTY TEXAS AT 45 MPH. IF THREATENING CONDITION ARE OBSERVED MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jan 19, 2:53 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TXZ033-192155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 255 PM CST FRI JAN 19 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... ...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SABINE AND NECHES RIVER... THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EAST TEXAS.. ANGELINA NACOGDOCHES SABINE SAN AUGUSTINE THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS 70 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS TO 25 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF TEXARKANA. AT 240 PM CST NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR HUNTVILLE TO HOUSTON TEXAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR THE COUNTIES OF TYLER..ANGELINA AND NACOGDOCHES WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WINDS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS SHOULD REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATDCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:34 PM CST, 25 minutes before
TXZ033-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 335 PM CST FRI JAN 19 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD LUFKIN AND WOODVILLE TEXAS... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF TYLER AND ANGELINA COUNTIES TEXAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF LUFKIN AND WILL AFFECT THAT AREA BY 430 PM CST. DAMAGING WINDS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THsUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR AT WOODVILLE AND LUFKIN TEXAS. REMINDER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM TONIGHT. ALSO A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.