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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 4, 1991LaSalle Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1991, 12:13 AM CDT for LaSalle Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 47 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: May 4, 1991, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 1991, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

Counties LaSalle Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 4, 12:35 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	La Salle, 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 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, May 3, 6:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

TXZ033-046-040130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
633 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA UNTIL
9 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE
EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST TEXAS
LAKES AREA UNTIL 9 PM CDT. AT 630 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF NACOGDOCHES COUNTY MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA
TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING.

PERSONS IN EAST TEXAS SHOULD CHECK PREPARDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION OF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING
IS ISSUED.

MOTORIST ARE REMINDED NOT TO DRIVE INTO WATER OVER LOW WATER
CROSSINGS.

STAY TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO OF LOCAL RADIO AND T.V. STATIONS
FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.

NNNN

Special weather statement, May 3, 8:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-040240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
840 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPES IN EAST TEXAS...

AT 830 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR THE NORTHERN PART
OF RAYBURN LAKE IN EAST TEXAS.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL.

OTHERWISEz..A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS..WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED FROM WEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS TO THE MONROE AREA.

Special weather statement, May 3, 10:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Grant, Rapides	57 min
May 3, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Grant, LaSalle, Rapides	62 min
May 4, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard, Vernon	56 min
May 4, 1:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Rapides	4 hr
May 4, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard, Rapides, Vernon	55 min
May 4, 2:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Allen	38 min
May 4, 3:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	Evangeline	55 min
May 4, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Beauregard	66 min
May 4, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Allen, Beauregard	65 min
May 4, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	65 min
May 3, 7:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LCH	Nacogdoches	115 min
May 3, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Nacogdoches	56 min
May 3, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	San Augustine	56 min
May 3, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Sabine	67 min
May 3, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LCH	San Augustine	59 min
May 4, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Angelina, Tyler	69 min
May 4, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Jasper, Newton	68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.