Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 3, 1992, 3:46 PM CST for Jasper County, Sabine County, Texas. It was in force for 89 min. 2 reports 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 3, 1992, 3:46 PM CST (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 1992, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jasper County, TX, Sabine County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 4:15 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Jasper, TX | |
| Nov 3, 4:15 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Sabine, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 464 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Nov 3, 1:07 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Nov 3, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
TXZ033-046-048-032145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 145 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 .....TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS..... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR MOST OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN TEXAS....ANGELINA...TRINITY... SABINE...NACOGDOCHES...SAN AUGUSTINE... AND IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON... ORANGE...POLK...AND TYLER. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A STRONG...FAST MOVING COLD FRONT THAT IS LOCATED FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TEXAS. THE FRONT IS TRIGGERING A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT THROUGH NACOGDOCHES AND LUFKIN TO LAKE LIVINGSTON. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FOR LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND ISOLATED TORNADOES AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. JJ \ NNNN
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 1:46 PM CST, 2 hours before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-032040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 146 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CST FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INCLUDING GRANT...LA SALLE...RAPIDES...ALLEN... BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...AND VERNON PARISHES. AT 128 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERED MUCH OF THE AREA FROM CONROE TEXAS TO THE LUFKINTEXAS AREA AND THEN TO TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE OCCURRING FROM SULPHUR TO BETWEEN BEAUMONT AND RAYBURN LAKE IN EAST TEXAS... AND TO CONRtOE TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 2:39 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-032140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 240 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CST FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INCLUDING GRANT...LA SALLE...RAPIDES...ALLEN... BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...AND VERNON PARISHES. AT 226 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... HAD DEVELOPED FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF CONROE TEXAS TO THE NORTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..WERE OCCURRING FROM MANSFIELD TO BETWEEN SULPHUR AND 15 MILES NORTH OF HOUSTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA..CONDITIONS REMAIN RIPE FOR STRONG..EVEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOPMENT AT ANY TIME AS THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXTREMLY UNSTABLE.
Special weather statement, Nov 3, 3:42 PM CST, 4 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-032240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 340 PM CST TUE NOV 3 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CST FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA INCLUDING GRANT...LA SALLE...RAPIDES...ALLEN... BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS...AND VERNON PARISHES. AT 328 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... WAS SHOWN FROM LIVINGSTON TEXAS TO THE MANSFIELD AREA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE SHOWN FROM WINNFIELD TO EITHER END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR ...TO BETWEEN HOUSTON AND HUNTSVILLE TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | San Augustine | 66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.