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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Lake Charles, LA

November 24, 1992Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 1992, 8:28 AM CST for Jasper County, Tyler County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 1992, 8:28 AM CST (14:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 1992, 9:30 AM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1992-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1992-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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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 24, 6:02 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ033-046-241345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
538 AM CST TUE NOV 24 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...

AT 535 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE LAKES AREA. THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM CROCKETT TO LIVINGSTON.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH AND
WILL BE AFFECTING NACOGDOCHES...ANGELINA AND NORTH TYLER COUNTIES IN
THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE EAST TEXfAS LAKES AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. EARLY
MORNING MOTORIST SHOULD PREPARE FOR RAINY TRAVEL.

NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion63 min
Nov 24, 8:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon57 min
Nov 24, 9:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAcadia, Lafayette68 min
Nov 24, 8:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHNewton50 min
Nov 24, 9:06 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton54 min

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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.