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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1992, 7:28 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 62 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
- May 28, 1992, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calcasieu Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Calcasieu, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 1991 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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, May 28, 3:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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TXZ033-046-048-290215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 719 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 715 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A NACOGDOCHES - COLLEGE STATION LINE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN SOUTHERN ANGELINA AND NORTHERN TYLER COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 30 MPH. MUNEROUS REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR SILSBEE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. A REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO RECEIVED SOUTH OF SILSBEE NEAR LUMBERTON. HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN EVADALE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF SEVERE STORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NWS RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 66 min |
| May 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 59 min |
| May 28, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 61 min |
| May 28, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 60 min |
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.