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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1990, 5:14 PM CDT for Orange County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1990, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 272214 TORBPT TXC361-272300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 514 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...ORANGE COUNTY THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MAURICEVILLE IN NORTHERN ORNAGE COUNTY AT 500 PM CDT. AT 500 M CDT...RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO ORANGE COUNTY WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BAYSEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. NNNN
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, May 27, 12:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-271830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1225 PAM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 400 PM..THE WATCH INCLUDES GRANT AND LA SALLE PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 1225 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS...PATCHES OF RAIN...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...MAINLY WEST THROUGH NORTH AND ALSO NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA AND EXTENDING INOT SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, May 27, 1:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ033-272030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 127 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES REGION... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 331 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE EAST TEXAS LAKES REGION UNTIL 400 PM CDT. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE EAST TEXALAKES REGION AT 115 PM CDT. THE LINE WAS FROM NEAR CROCKETT EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN NACOGDOCHES AND SHELBY COUNTIES INTO WEST LOUISIANA. THIS LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. THERE WILL STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BOATERS ON LAKE rSAM RAYBURN AND ON TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THIS APPROACHING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, May 27, 1:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 125 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 400 PM..THE WATCH INCLUDES GRANT AND LA SALLE PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... AT 125 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS...PATCHES OF RAIN...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED TO DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS AREA EXTENDED SOTH OF A SHREVEPORT MONROE LINE TO JUST NORTH OF DERIDDER. HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. THESE THUNDVERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS IN TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 27, 2:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-272030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 230 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 8 PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING. AT 225 PM...A LINE...20 MILES WIDE...OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND THEN WESTWARD TO 75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WACO TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN LUFKIN AND TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAS PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND DOWNPOURS OF RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ZERO. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VERNON AND GRANT PARISHES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...AS IT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD AT 35 MPH. . ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED FROM JUST NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES TO ALEXANDRIA AND EASTWARD TO JUST WEST OF BATON ROUGE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED AND RAPID ACTION IS REQUIRED.
Special weather statement, May 27, 3:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-272130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 330 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 8 PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING. AT 325 PM...A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LAKE LIVINGSTON EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VERNON AND GRANT PARISHES AND EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BETWEEN LAKE LIVINGSTON AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. ALSO AN ISOLATED STORM WAS ALSO INDICATED JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BEAUREGARD...ALLEN AND EVANGELINE PARISHES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. . MARBLE TO CHERRY SIZE HAIL...ONE INCH OF RAIN WITHIN 20 MINUTES AND WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED AT JENA AS THE LINE MOVED THROUGH. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE INDICATED FROM JUST NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES TO ALEXANDRIA AND EASTWARD TO JUST WEST OF BATON ROUGE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED AND RAPID ACTION IS REQUIRED.
Special weather statement, May 27, 4:45 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-272230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 435 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 8 PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING. AT 425 PM...A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.. EXTENDED FROM MIDWAY BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND BATON ROUGE TO NEAR DE QUINCY THEN WEST INTO TEXAS TO SOUTHWEST OF LAKE LIVINGSTON. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WERE REPORTED IN SINGER LOUISIANA DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCAL STREET FLOODING ACROSS BEAUREGARD.. ALLEN..EVANGELINE..CALCASIEU..JEFF DAVIS..ACADIA..AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. < ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.. WERE SHOWN FROM JUST SOUTH OF MONROE TO NORTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE TO NEAR BATON ROUGE AND TO NORTH OF CONROE TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS IN THE EVENT A WARNuING IS ISSUED AND RAPID ACTION IS REQUIRED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Sabine, San Augustine | 55 min |
| May 27, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Angelina, Nacogdoches | 55 min |
| May 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 58 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes 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.