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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 28, 1992Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 7:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Calcasieu, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1992-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1991 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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, May 28, 3:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 7:19 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu66 min
May 28, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVernon59 min
May 28, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHVermilion61 min
May 28, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHTyler60 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.