Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 1992, 8:31 AM CST for Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 22, 1992, 8:31 AM CST (14:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 1992, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cameron Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 9:08 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Cameron, LA |
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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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, Feb 22, 5:37 AM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
TXZ046-048-221345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 537 AM CST SAT FEB 22 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON, ORANGE, HARDIN AND JASPER COUNTIES TEXAS UNTIL 10AM CST. A FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. AT 530AM A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON AREA AND FROM PALACIOS TO EAGLE LAKE. SATELLITE ESTIMATES HAVE SHOWN 1 TO 2 INCH RAINS WITH THESE STORMS. SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE CAN EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FOR MOST OF THE MORNING. BOTH THE MAIN STEM RIVERS, THE NECHES AND SABINE ARE FULL. FORTUNATELY BOTH THE PINE ISLAND BAYOU AND VILLAGE CREEK ARE WELL BELOW BANKFULL READINGS. THE GROUND HOWEVER REMAINS SATURATED AND ALMOST ALL OF THE RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF OR POND IN THE LOW AREAS. DJK NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 7:23 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
TXZ046-048-221430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 723 AM CST SAT FEB 22 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON, ORANGE, HARDIN AND JASPER COUNTIES TEXAS UNTIL 10AM CST. A FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN HARDIN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20-25 MPH. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED FROM CONROE TO HOUSTON TO OFFSHORE SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF HARDIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES TEXAS BY 8AM CST AND WILL APPROACH BEAUMONT BEFORE 9AM CST. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. BEHIND THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN EXTENDS ABOUT 75 MILES TO THE WEST. EVERYONE SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE NOTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. DJK NNNN
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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.