Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1991, 6:32 PM CDT for Angelina County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
- Apr 28, 1991, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1991, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Angelina County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Angelina, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 282332 TORBPT TXC005-290015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 632 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL TEXAS ...EASTERN ANGELINA COUNTY NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF LUFKIN. A FEW HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT SPAWNED THE TORNADO AND FUNNEL CLOUDS IS EAST OF LUFKIN MOVING NORTHEAST 35 MPH. 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, Apr 28, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-282130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 330 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 TORNADO WATCHES NUMBER 224 AND 225 BLANKET ALL OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10PM CDT TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA INCLUDING LUFKIN..NACOGDOCHES AND HEMPHILL. AT 330PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ROUGHLY FROM LONGVIEW TO SOUTH OF COLLEGE STATION. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA MARCHES EASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TEXAS. 1 RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT A MINIMUM OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS. SPECIFIC WARNINGS WILL MOSTLY LIKELY BE NEEDED ON THE STRONGEST OF THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS. STAY TUNE FOR FURTHER UPDATES. DJK NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
LAZ001>003-005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-282240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 440 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... AT 425 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER MIDWAY BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI. OTHERWISE...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NORTH OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI...TO WELL EAST OF BATON ROUGE...TO JUST EAST OF ALEXANDRIA. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN NEAR MORGAN CITY AND NEAR OAKDALE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
Local storm report, Apr 28, 4:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SEVERE STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
445 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991
TIME PARISH CITY REPORT
2:22 PM ALLEN KINDER MARBLE SIZE HAIL (AZRAN 41/29)
2:50 PM LASALLE 8 W JENA 1/2 INCH HAIL (AZRAN 31/109)
3:10 PM LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE PEA SIZE HAIL ON THE WEST SIDE OF
LAFAYETTE
3:13 PM LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE 1/2 TO 1 INCH HAIL IN CITY
3:15 PM LAFAYETTE YOUNGSVILLE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL (AZRAN 91/63)Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-282315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 516 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 TORNADO WATCHES NUMBER 224 AND 225 COVER ALL OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10PM CDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA INCLUDING LUFKIN..NACOGDOCHES AND HEMPHILL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ANDERSON AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES TEXAS UNTIL 715PM CDT. HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 294 WEST OF ELKHART IN ANDERSON COUNTY. AT 510PM THE LEAD EDGE OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF NACOGDOCHES ACROSS LAKE LIVINGSTON TO NORTH OF CONROE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 20 TO 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM MOST OF THESE STORMS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUAL WARNINGS. STAY TUNE FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND WATCH INFORMATION. DJK 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.