Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 1990, 6:25 PM CST for Sabine Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 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, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1990, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sabine Parish, LA
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, 6:50 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Sabine, LA |
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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 962 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSHV 200027
SVRSHV
LAC085-200130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
625 PM CST FRI JAN 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING PARISH...
IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
...SABINE
AT 625 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW
INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN
TOLEDO BEND LAKE BETWEEN HEMPHILL AND GENEVA MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS
OF SABINE PARISH LOUISIANA NEAR NEGREET AND ZWOLLE.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER6 FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.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, Jan 19, 1:01 PM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003- 004-005-006-192100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 100 PM CST FRI JAN 19 1990 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE ARKLATEX FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISLOLATED SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN SECTIONS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS AND SPREAD EASTWARD. AN OLD SQUALL LINE THAT HAS BEEN MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST OF HUGO TO NEAR GREENVILLE TEXAS. ALTHOUGH THIS LINE HAS DECAYED SOMEWHAT DURING THE LAST HOUR OR SO..CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. THESE STORMS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY LATE AFTERNOON AND A FEW WILL REACH SEVERE INTENSITY AND SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOW AREA FLOODING AS THE GROUND OF SATURATED FROM RAINFALL OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE ARKLATEX WIDESPREAD DRIZZLE CONTINUES WITH NO SHOWER ACTIVITY ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA LATER TONIGHT PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 2:13 PM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003- 004-005-006-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 210 PM CST FRI JAN 19 1990 TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA INCLUDING MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST AND THE EXTREME PART OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE OLD SQUALL LINE HAS BEEN PROGRESSING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND CONTINUES TO DECAY. HOWEVER...NEW THUNDER- STORM DEVELOPMENT WAS TAKING PLACE RAPIDLY FROM THE TEXARKANA AREA SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE TYLER LONGVIEW AREA TO EAST OF COLLEGE STATION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN AN AREA FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER INTENSIFICATION WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTH- WESTERN LOUISIANA BY EVENING. BESIDES THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND INCREASE.
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 2:20 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003- 004-005-006-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 210 PM CST FRI JAN 19 1990 TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA INCLUDING MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND THE EXTREME PART OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE OLD SQUALL LINE HAS BEEN PROGRESSING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND CONTINUES TO DECAY. HOWEVER...NEW THUNDER- STORM DEVELOPMENT WAS TAKING PLACE RAPIDLY FROM THE TEXARKANA AREA SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE TYLER LONGVIEW AREA TO EAST OF COLLEGE STATION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN AN AREA FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER INTENSIFICATION WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTH- WESTERN LOUISIANA BY EVENING. BESIDES THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND INCREASE.
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:14 PM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003- 004-005-006-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 313 PM CST FRI JAN 19 1990 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS... A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS...WILL LIKELY REACH SEVERE INTENSITY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS BY 330 PM. GREGG...HARRISON...MARION...RUSK AND PANOLA. AT 310 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADARS IN SHREVEPORT AND LONGVIEW SHOWED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LONGVIEW SOUTHWARD TO 20 SOUTH OF HENDERSON TO 25 SOUTHWEST OF NACGDOCHES TEXAS THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH...AND AS STATED PREVIOUSLY WILL LIKELY REACH SEVERE INTENSITY WITHIN THE HOUR. ALSO...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDECATED AT 310 PM FROM NEAR DEQUEEN ARKANSAS THROUGH NEAR MT. PLEASANT TEXAS TO NEAR TYLER TO 20 MILES WEST OF JACKSONVILLE. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NEAR 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE TOLELO BEND COUNTRY INTO THE ADJACENT AREA OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. A FEW OF THESE WILL LIKELY REACH SEVERE INTENSITY AS WELL. X
Special weather statement, Jan 19, 4:33 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-003- 004-005-006-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 430 PM CST FRI JAN 19 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME EAST SECTION OF NORTHEAST TEXAS AND FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 425 PM CST WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME PROUDCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..AND THAT HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGE NEAR LUFKIN TEXAS.. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE DAMAGE HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE ENTERING SHELBY COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS BY 500 PM. AT 422 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 TO 25 MILES WIDE THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR GLENWOOD ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DEKALB..LONGVIEW..AND JACKSONVILLE TEXAS. THIS BAND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. AHEAD OF THIS BAND..ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM NEAR ATLANTA TEXAS AND SPRINGHILL LOUISIANA SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS TO NEAR LUFKIN TEXAS AND LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA. THIS SECOND AREA WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. WITHIN THE BAND AND AREA THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREADING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS..LOCALLY HIGH AND POSSIBLY DAMANGING WINDS.. LARGE HAIL..AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES MAY OCCUR. ALONG WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR AND CAUSE FLOODING STREETS..LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bienville, Red River | 69 min |
| Jan 19, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 90 min |
| Jan 19, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lincoln, Union | 86 min |
| Jan 19, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Natchitoches | 86 min |
| Jan 19, 9:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Jackson, Natchitoches, Winn | 101 min |
| Jan 19, 9:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morehouse, Ouachita | 101 min |
| Jan 20, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Franklin, Madison, Tensas | 57 min |
| Jan 20, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland | 4 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Caldwell, Jackson, Winn | 4 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Natchitoches, Sabine | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.