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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 22, 1992Cameron Parish, Louisiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 22, 9:08 AM CSTTornado F0Cameron, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1992-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1992-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
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

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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, 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

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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

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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.