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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 3, 1992Jasper County, Sabine County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 3, 4:15 PM CSTHail 1.75Jasper, TX
Nov 3, 4:15 PM CSTHail 1.75Sabine, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Longview/Gregg, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 434 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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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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
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 2:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHSan Augustine66 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.