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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1990, 5:04 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1990, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calcasieu 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 1294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 032204 TORLCH LAC019-032245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 504 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...CALCASIEU PARISH A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR HIGHWAY 90 AND HIGHWAY 397 BY THE CALCASIEU SHERIFF DEPARTMENT MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH. RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND EAST OF LAKE CHARLES AT THIS TIME. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. GET UNDER A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Jul 3, 4:46 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ046-048-032345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 446 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 AT 430 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUSIANA TOWARDS THE WEST AT 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS AROUND 700 PM THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WIND...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AS WELL AS HAIL AND LIGHTNING. THE RAINFALL RATES WILL ALSO BE EXCESSIVE AND URBAN STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND SURROUNDING CITIES AND TOWNS. HOMEOWNERS SHOULD PICK UP AND STORE LAWN FURNITURE AND TOYS TO LESSEN THE THREAT OF MISSILE DAMAGE OR INJURY. BRING IN CHILDREN AND PETS AS THE STORMS APPROACH TO ELIMINATE THE THREAT OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. AND...MOTORIST ARE REMINDED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH DEEP OR SWIFT WATER. LIGHTNING AND FLOODING ARE THE TWO GREATEST KILLERS IN THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN ON AND AROUND LAKE SABINE AND THE SABINE SHIP CHANNEL AND ON THE JETTIES SHOULD MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO PORT ARTHURS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST ON THESE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. : DCG NNNN NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:47 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
LAZ007-008-011-012-032245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 445 PM CDT TUE JUL 3 1990 AT 425 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SHOWN FROM JUST EAST OF LAKE CHARLES TO THE COAST MIDWAY BETWEEN CAMERON AND WHITE LAKE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE WEST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING...MIDWAY BETWEEN NATCHITOCHES AND ALEXANDRIA...JUST SOUTH OF OAKDALE...JUST SOUTHWEST OF KINDER AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 69 min |
| Jul 3, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 29 min |
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.