Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1991, 7:20 PM CDT for Cameron Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 1991, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1991, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cameron Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
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, Apr 14, 1:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
LAZ001-002-003-005-006-007-008-009-011-012-013-014-MSZ010- TXZ028-032-033-045-046-047-048-049-141952- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 150 PM CDT SUN APR 14 1991 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF BEAUREGARD PARISH THIS AFTERNOON... AT 130 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR DE RIDDER TO JUST WEST OF DE QUINCY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER AN AREA WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..SMALL HAIL..AND STREET FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER BEAREGUARD PARISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS..WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.. CONTINUED ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR JENNINGS TO NEAR GALVESTON. THE ACTICITY EXTENDED TO NORTHERN TOLEDO BEND LAKE AND TO JUST EAST OF COLLEGE STATION TEXAS. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE TO NORTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE. WIDMELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SHOWN OVER THE GULF FROM EAST OF GALVESTON TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON AND EXTENDED TO 80 MILES OFFSHORE SOUTH OF CAMERON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Local storm report, Apr 14, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
ATTN SELS BPT
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1032 AM CDT...NACOGDOCHES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED PARTS
OF STATE HIGHWAY 21 AND 7 WEST IN NACOGDOCHES
COUNTY UNDER A FOOT OF WATER.
1135 AM CDT...SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SOME
URBAN STREET FLOODING IN SAN AUGUSTINE IN SAN
AUGUSTINE COUNTY.
105 PM CDT...KTRK LUFKIN RADIO STATION REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET
FLOODING IN LUFKIN IN ANGELINA GOUNTY WITH WATER
DEPTHS NEAR 16 INCHS.
413 PM CDT...PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 9TH AVE. IN
PORT ARTHUR IN JEFFERSON COUNTY WAS CLOSED FROM
TURTLE CREEK TO 75TH. ALSO MEMORAL BLVD CLOSED NEAR
19TH ST. IN PORT ARTHUR. ALSO REPORTED WIDESPREAD
FLOODING IN PORT ACRES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
455 PM CDT...ORANGE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ALL STREETS
IN ORANGE FLOODED WITH BLUEBONNET ROAD INPASSABLE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 59 min |
| Apr 14, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 2 hr |
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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.