Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 15, 1991, 12:42 AM CST for Calcasieu Parish, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 63 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 15, 1991, 12:42 AM CST (06:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 1991, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 1:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cameron, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 14, 9:19 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jan 14, 11:03 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
TXZ046-48-150700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1103 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS MOVED EASTWARD AND INCLUDES ORANGE JEFFERSON..HARDIN..JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 4AM CST. AT 11PM CST RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF WOODVILLE TO WEST OF BEAUMONT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM KIRBYVILLE TO BEAUMONT. THE ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. TONIGHTS WIDESPREAD RAINS WILL COMPLICATE FLOODING PROBLEMS NOTED ON MOST SOUTHEAST TEXAS RIVER AND STREAMS ALREADY FORECAST TO CREST OVER BANKFUL OR FLOOD STAGES. NEW STAGE FORECASTS WILL BE AVAILABLE LATE TUESDAY MORNING. DJK NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 11:26 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
LAZ005-006-007-008-011-012-150635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1130 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR CALCASIEU...CAMERON...ALLEN...BEAUREGARD...JEFFERSON DAVIS...AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF CAMERON. AT 1125 PM...RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM GALVESTON NORTHWARD TO NEAR SILSBEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM SOUTH OF PALACIOS EXTENDING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO NEAR LUFKIN AND yTHEN INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA NEAR THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND TO JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA. . THIS LARGE AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jan 15, 12:17 AM CST, 25 minutes before
TXZ046-48-150715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1217 AM CST TUE JAN 15 1991 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230AM CST. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JASPER TO BEAUMONT TO 50 MILES OFFSHORE. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO 39 MPH AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BLANKET MOST OF JEFFERSON COUNTY CAUSING URBAN FLOODING. AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT OVER A HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL IN 12 MINUTES WITH RAIN STILL FALLING. HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVEt EASTWARD INTO ORANGE COUNTY AND WILL CAUSE SOME PONDING PROBLEMS THERE ALSO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 4AM CST BUT MAY BE CANCELLED WHEN THESE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 1:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 60 min |
| Jan 15, 1:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Jefferson Davis | 62 min |
| Jan 15, 3:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 28 min |
| Jan 14, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.