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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 19, 1991, 2:32 PM CST for Nacogdoches County, Texas. It was in force for 73 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
- Nov 19, 1991, 2:32 PM CST (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 19, 1991, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 73 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nacogdoches County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Nacogdoches, TX |
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 nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 192034 TORFTW TXC347-192130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 232 PM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...NACOGDOCHES COUNTY AT 230 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF NACOGDOCHES NEAR THE ANGELINA RIVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
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, Nov 19, 1:34 PM CST, 58 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-192040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 133 PM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FOR BEAUREGARD AND VERNON PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 125 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN WEST OF A LINE FROM MANSFIELD IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...THROUGH NATCHITOCHES AND KINDER...TO BEAUMONT TEX.AS. OVER TEXAS...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HOUSTON... BEAUMONT...AND RAYBURN LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 2:25 PM CST, 7 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-192230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 225 PM CST TUE NOV 19 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR LAKES REGION THIS AFTERNOON... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON VALID UNTIN 600 PM CST. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDS THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE METROPOLITAN AREA AND COMMUNITIES NORTHWARD TO LUFKIN AND NACOGDOCHES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON FOR THE LAKES AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM CORSICANA TO PALESTINE TO LUFKIN. AT 220 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM LONGVIEW TO COLLEGE STATION AND ANOTHER LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM HUNTSVILLE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF PALACIOS. AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS NOTED OVER SOUTHWEST NACOGDOCHES COUNTY. OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE NOTED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DEWEYVILLE TO SABINE PASS. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY NEAR DEWEYVILLE. THE ENTIRE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE LAKES REGION OF EAST TEXAS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN ALL OF EAST TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION OF SEVERE WEATHER OR POSSIBLE TORNADOES ARE OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. NNNN
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.