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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1991, 7:58 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1991, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1991, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardin County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 3506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 170058 TORBPT TXC199-170145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 758 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY AT 755 PM CDT...TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF LUMBERTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNING THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. RESIDENTS OF LUMBERTON AND COMMUNITIES TO THE EAST IN HARDIN COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 16, 2:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-162030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 229 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF JEFFERSON...HARDIN...ORANGE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING TYLER COUNTY JUST WEST OF WOODVILLE. MOST OF THE STRONGER ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF LAKE LIVINGSTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-162130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 330 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF JEFFERSON...HARDIN...ORANGE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SOUTHERN ANGELINA COUNTY NEAR MANNING TO BUNA IN JASPER COUNTY. STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS STILL LOCATED WEST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS JUST EAST OF COLLEGE STATION TO KATY. MOVEMENT WqAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 531 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 344 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARDIN... POLK...ORANGE...JEFFERSON...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AT 520 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RANGED FROM HOUSTON TO EAST OF CROCKETT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN DIBOLL AND LUFKIN AT 520 PM CDT... MOVING EAST 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES ACROSS ANGELINA COUNTY. THE CREEKS...RIVERS...AND STREAMS ARE NEAR BANKFULL IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE GROUND IS SATURATED. THIS MEANS HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS THIS EVENING AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADWAYS. NNNNK
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-170040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 645 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 AT 630 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED OVER LOUISIANA FROM THE COASTAL WATERS JUST SOUTH OF CAMERON...NORTHEAST ACROSS JENNINGS..CROWLEY..EUNICE..OPELOUSAS...AND VILLE PLATTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN OVER TEXAS FROM HOUSTON..TO JUST EAST OF LAKE LIVINGSTON..TO LUFKIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN GALVESTON AND WHITE LAKE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Angelina, Tyler | 60 min |
| May 16, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.