Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1140 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992

AT 1125 PM...PERSISTENT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER VERNON...
RAPIDES...BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...EVANGELINE...JEFF DAVIS  PARISHES.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED FROM BETWEEN OAKDALE
AND VILLE PLATTE TO NEAR KINDER...AND BETWEEN KINDER AND DE QUINCY.
ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST
EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF JENNINGS.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATERS IN DRAINAGE
DITCHES AND CANALS...OVER LOW PLACES IN THE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...AND IN
OTHER LOCATIONS THAT NORMALLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE ALMOST SOLID AREA OF RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR MANY...WINNFIELD...AND NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR CAMERON...WHITE LAKE...AND ABBEVILLE.

ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN NEAR VERMILION BAY...JUST NORTHWEST OF MORGAN
CITY...AND IN THE GULF 50 MILES SOUTH OF VERMILION BAY.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED IN EAST TEXAS FROM RAYBURN LAKE AND
TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO) NEAR WOODVILLE AND JASPER.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1255 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992

A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AT
IOTA LOUISIANA.  IOTA IS LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWESTd OF CROWLEY.
THE TORNADO OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1158 PM CST.

PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE MAJOR DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURIES.
AN UPDATED REPORT WILL BE FILED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
140 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
   LOUISIANA TONIGHT...

AT 125 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED JUST
SOUTHWEST OF KINDER...20 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE...AND 30 MILES NORTH
WEST OF BATON ROUGE. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE INTENSE RAIN CAUSING FLOODING
OF LOW LYING STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS.

A BROAD AREA OF RAIN...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO PRODUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER
THE REGION. THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATERS IN DRAINAGE
DITCHES AND CANALS...OVER LOW PLACES IN THE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...AND IN
OTHER LOCATIONS THAT NORMALLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS.
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THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDIRA
TO DE QUINCY.

ELSEWHERE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW PATCHES OF RAIN CONTINUED FROM
SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS TO MANSFIELD AND FROM KIRBYVILLE TO JASPER IN EAST TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.