Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1992, 6:14 PM CDT for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1992, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 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 092318 SVRLCH LAC115-100015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 614 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...VERNON PARISH AT 615 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AT PITKIN IN SOUTHEAST VERNON PARISH. STRONG GUSTYWINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY OF THIS STORM POSSIBLE FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW PLACES CAN BE EXPECTED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Aug 9, 2:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 AT 225 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN JUST NORTHEAST OF CROWLEY...10 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES AND 10 MILES WEST OF SULPHUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...FLOODING OF STREETS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL ACROSS CALCASIEU AND ACADIA PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OCCURING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA TO AROUND LUFKIN TEXAS TO BETWEEN CONROE TEXAS AND BATON ROUGE TO ALONG THE COAST FROM ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO FREEPORT TEXAS. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE LOCATED OVER THE GULF 15 TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY. AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS SHOWN 15 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS SHOWN.
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 245 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 AT 225 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN JUST NORTHEAST OF CROWLEY...10 MILES NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES AND 10 MILES WEST OF SULPHUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...FLOODING OF STREETS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ACROSS CALCASIEU AND ACADIA PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT.ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OCCURING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA TO AROUND LUFKIN TEXAS TO BETWEEN CONROE TEXAS AND BATON ROUGE TO ALONG THE COAST FROM ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO FREEPORT TEXAS. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE LOCATED OVER THE GULF 15 TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY. AN ISOLATED SHOWER WAS SHOWN 15 MILES SOUTH OF NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS SHOWN.
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
LAZ008-092240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 508 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 AT 505 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS DRIFTING WEST. PERSONS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF STREETS...HIGHWAYS...AND LOW LYING AREAS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ...STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS $THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH.
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:45 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-092345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 545 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 AT 527 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING WEST. PERSONS IN LAFAYETTE...ACADIA...AND EXTREME NORTHERN VERMILION PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. POSSIBLE FLOODING OF STREETS...HIGHWAYS...AND LOW LYING PLACES...STRONG WINDS GUSTS...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS BETWEEN THE PRESENT TIME AND 700 PM. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ...WERE SHOWN GENERALLY NORTH OF AN ATCHAFALAYA BAY...WHITE LAKE... DE QUINCY LINE. THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED TO NEAR MANY...WINNFIELD... AND THE AREA BETWEEN JENA AND MONROE. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS IN THE LAKE LIVINGSTON...LUFKIN... AND JASPER AREAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED NEAR SULPHUR... JUST SOUTH OF ORANGE TEXAS...AND OVER THE GULF 70 MILES OFFSHORE BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND WHITE LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
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.