Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1991, 4:36 PM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1991, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1991, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lafayette Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 2617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 KLCH 242137 TORLCH LAC055-242215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 436 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...LAFAYETTE PARISH AT 417 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED AND FUNNEL CLOUD JUST SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE MOVING SOUTH AT 5-10 MPH. RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. GET UNDER A PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Jun 24, 11:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-241745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1150 AM CDT MON JUN 24 1991 AT 1130 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SHOWN FROM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE TO ABBEVILLE...SULPHUR...HOUSTON AND THEN TO ALONG THE COAST FROM ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO NEAR HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN CAMERON PARISH. PERSONS IN NORTHERN CAMERON AND SOUTHERN CALCASIEU PARISHES CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN THE FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AS THE APPEAR TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF BATON ROUGE TO BETWEEN DE QUINCY AND DE RIDDER. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN !THE COASTAL WATERS
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 11:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-241745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1150 AM CDT MON JUN 24 1991 AT 1130 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SHOWN FROM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE TO ABBEVILLE...SULPHUR...HOUSTON AND THEN TO ALONG THE COAST FROM ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO NEAR HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN CAMERON PARISH. PERSONS IN NORTHERN CAMERON AND SOUTHERN CALCASIEU PARISHES CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN THE FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AS THE APPEAR TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF BATON ROUGE TO BETWEEN DE QUINCY AND DE RIDDER. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE COASTAL WATERS FROM GALVESTON TO SABINE PASS AND OVER THE GULF 90 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS AND CAMERON.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ046-048-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1251 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1991 ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR/ORANGE METROPOLITAN AREA EARLY THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DROPPING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THERE MAY BE SOME LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-242045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1991 AT 231 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 15 AND 25 MILES EAST OF VILLE PLATTE...JUST NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF OAKDALE...JUST SOUTHWEST OF DE QUINCY...NEAR MANY...AND IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS 20 MILES NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON. PERSONS IN BEAUREGARD...EVANGELINE AND RAPIDES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...AND FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AS A RESULT OF VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARED TO BE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM 10 TO 15 MPH. OTHERWISE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM BETWEEN NEW IBERIA AND 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE TO BETWEEN WHITE LAKE AND BUNKIE TO BETWEEN DE QUINCY AND MANSFIELD...TO BETWEEN HOUSTON AND LAKE LIVINGSTON. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR THE NORTHERN HALF OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR...IN THE COASTAL WATERS FROM GALVESTON TO SABINE PASS...AND OVER THE GULF FROM 60 TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TO 70 TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ033-046-242315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 312 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1991 ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... STRONG SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN TYLER COUNTY AND IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES AT MID AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS ON DAM B...SAM RAYBURN...AND TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD FOR SHORE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. THE HEAVY RAINS...1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE...MAY CAUSE SOME STREET FLOODING AND REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS IN THE HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND BEGIN DISSIPATING TOWARDS SUNSET. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:48 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-242140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 340 PM CDT MON JUN 24 1991 AT 325 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED BETWEEN EUNICE AND 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...10 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF BUNKIE...20 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE QUINCY...AND IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEAR JASPER...WOODVILLE...AND HUNTSVILLE. PERSONS IN RAPIDES AND BEAREGARD PARISHES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...AND FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AS A RESULT OF VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARED TO BE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM 10 TO 15 MPH. OTHERWISE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ...WERE OCCURRING FROM BATON ROUGE TO BETWEEN DE QUINCY AND THE NORTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR TO HUNTSVILLE. . WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM JUST WEST OF CONROE TO NEAR THE COAST FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO VERMILION BAY...AND IN THE COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO SABINE PASS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER `THE GULF FROM 60 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF WHITE LAKE.
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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.