Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1155 AM CST WED MAR 18 1992

AT 1125 AM...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
SHOWN FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA TO AROUND DE RIDDER.
ANOTHER BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM JUST SOUTH OF
LEESVILLE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DE QUINCY.

PERSONS IN BEAUREGARD...GRANT AND SOUTHERN VERNON PARISHES SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY
HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

OTHERWISE...LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN MIXED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WAS SHOWN FROM WINNFIELD TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO BETWEEN 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE AND KOUNTZE TEXAS TO ALONG THE COAST AND 100
OFFSHORE FROM ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.

ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING AROUND LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS.
TO 90 MILES OFFSHORE FROM ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1248 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992

AT 1225 PM...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS SHOWN
FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF FORT POLK TO 10 MILES WEST DE QUINCY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING
AREAS ACROSS VERNON AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIBERTY TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF
WOODVILLE.

RAIN MIXED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM BETWEEN WINNFIELD
AND ALEXANDRIA TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO BETWEEN 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATON
ROUGE AND LEESVILLE TO AROUND BEAUMONT TEXAS.

LARGE PATCHES OF RAIN WERE DETECTED FROM JUST SOUTH OF BATON ROUGE TO ALONG
THE COAST AND TO 70 MILES OFFSHORE FROM ATCHAFALAYA BAY TO CAMERON.

ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE TEXAS UPPER COAST FROM GALVESTON
TO SABINE PASS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
114 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...

AT 110 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM VOTAW IN HARDIN COUNTY TO SOUTH OF WARREN IN TYLER
COUNTY TO NEAR JASPER. STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF WARREN.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LOCAL STREET FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AND EYE ON THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKfLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR
SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.

STAY TUNED TO THE NWS RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
148 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA
   UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

AT 125 PM...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA TO JUST WEST OF KINDER.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS
AND LOW LYING AREAS ACROSS RAPIDES...ALLEN AND EVANGELINE PARISHES DURING
THE NEXT HOUR AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST
TEXAS FROM JUST SOUTH OF JASPER TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LIBERTY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE SHOWN
FROM BETWEEN WINNFIELD AND ALEXANDRIA TO THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
MISSISSIPPI TO BETWEEN OPELOUSAS AND FORT POLK TO 10 MILES EAST OF
DE QUINCY.

SCATTERED PATCHES OF RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM AROUND LAFAYETTE TO 20
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE TO ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS FROM ATC%HAFALAYA BAY TO VERMILION BAY.

ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEAR HOUSTON...BAYTOWN
AND RAYBURN LAKE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
245 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992

TIME                    REPORT

230 PM           SHERIFFS OFFICE IN DE RIDDER REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL
                 IN DE RIDDER.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
304 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
UNTIL 7 PM CST...

AT 300 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A NARROW LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NEAR EVADALE IN JASPER
COUNTY TO BETWEEN NEWTON AND DEWEYVILLE IN NEWTON COUNTY TO NEAR DE
RIDDER LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN NEWTON
AND DEWEYVILLE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR KIRBYVILLE EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

PERSONS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED
TAKE QUICK ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NWS RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMETNTS.

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