Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1992, 2:48 AM CDT for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 57 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
- Apr 20, 1992, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1992, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lafayette Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 3:25 AM CDT | Hail 2 | Lafayette, 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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 200750 SVRLCH LAC043-079-019-053-055-113-200845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 248 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...GRANT PARISH...RAPIDES PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...SOUTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH ...LAFAYETTE PARISH...NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH AT 240 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED IN RAPIDES PARISH ..NEAR ALEXANDRIA..IN SOUTHEAST CALCASIEU PARISH..AND IN CENTRAL VERMILION PARISH..JUST SOUTH OF ABBEVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMA IN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Apr 19, 10:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-200430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1022 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM CDT. A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. AT 1020PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE HOUSTON AREA THAT HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL SHORTLY BEFORE 10PM CDT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IF THIS STORM HOLDS TOGETHER A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTHEAST TO WOODVILLE AND TO TOLEDO BEND AND LOUISIANA. THE NEXT STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF LUFKIN NEAR CORRIGAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OVERALL THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE OF INTENSITY OF STORMS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IN METROPOLITAN AREAS. DJK DNNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 10:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-200445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1040 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT... AT 1028 PM...NUMEROUS LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN FROM BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND WINNFIELD TO BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND MANY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN VERNON PARISH AND OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF RAPIDES AND GRANT PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ISOLATED STROMG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM JUST WEST OF LUFKIN AND JUST EAST OF LAKE LIVINGSTON TO BETWEEN HOUSTON AND GALVESTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MIXED IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND SHREVEPORT TO BETWEEN BEAUMONT AND LUFKIN IN EAST TEXAS TO BETWEEN FREEPORT AND HUNTSVILLE TEXAS. THE ENTIRE WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 11:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ046-048-200600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1152 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM CDT A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AT 1150PM WEATHER RADAR NOTED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN DEVERS AND GALVESTON MOVING EAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER...TORNADOES IN HOUSTON AND GOLF BALL HAIL AT MT BELVIEU. VERY HEAVY RAINS ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCH RAINS MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED AS THESE STORMS MOVE EASTWARD. DJK NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 1:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-200830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 125 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM FOR MOST OF EAST TEXAS FROM NACOGDOCHES AND SABINE COUNTIES SOUTH TO JEFFERSON AND ORANGE INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 120 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF EAST TEXAS. THE BACK EDGE OF THE AREA EXTENDED ALONG A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF LONGVIEW... NACOGDOCHES...DAM B...HIGH ISLAND TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON OVER THE GULF. THE AREA EXTENDED INTO WESTERN LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED JUST WEST OF NEWTON...NEAR ORANGE...AND OFF THE COAST NEAR HIGH ISLAND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. PERSONS IN EAST TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MARINERS OFF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND STAY IN PORT OR BELOW DECK UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. NNNN
Local storm report, Apr 20, 2:47 AM CDT, 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
245 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992
TIME REPORT
338 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF
ALEXANDRIA BY THE RAPIDES PARISH SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.Local storm report, Apr 20, 2:48 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECT TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
245 AM CDT MON APR 20 1992
TIME REPORT
238 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF
ALEXANDRIA BY THE RAPIDES PARISH SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 58 min |
| Apr 20, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 57 min |
| Apr 20, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant, Rapides | 57 min |
| Apr 20, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.