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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Lake Charles, LA

April 14, 1991Cameron Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

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
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron, Vermilion59 min
Apr 14, 8:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHVermilion2 hr

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.