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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Lake Charles, LA

May 28, 1992Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1992, 11:29 PM CDT for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 1992, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 1992, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area: Whole counties

County Vermilion Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 290430
SVRLCH
LAC113-290530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1129 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
 
   ...VERMILION PARISH
 
 
AT 1130 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WESTERN HALF
OF VERMILION PARISH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 7:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 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.

NNNN

Local storm report, May 28, 8:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
805 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992

TIME          LOCATION         REPORT

720 PM CDT   ACADIA  PARISH    TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 13 MILES
                               SOUTH OF CROWLEY. VIDEO TAPED BY LAKE
                               CHARLES TELEVISION CREWMAN.

745 PM CDT  CALCASIEU PARISH   3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
                              OFFICE NEAR EDGERLY (295/16 LCH)

Local storm report, May 28, 9:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
925 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992

TIME          LOCATION         REPORT

845 PM CDT   VERNON  PARISH    VERNON PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
                               A TREE FELL ONTO AN UNOCCUPIED MOBILE
                               HOME AT CANEY (10 W POE) ALSO TREES
                              DOWN AT ANACOCO LAKE JUST EAST OF
  g                             CANEY

Local storm report, May 28, 9:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

ATTN SELS BPT

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
936 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992

550 PM CDT...HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE RELAYED REPORT OF GOLFBALL
             SIZE HAIL IN LUMBERTON TX...6 MILES SOUTH OF SILSBEE TX.
             ALSO RELAYED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN
             SILSBEE TX.

615 PM CDT...JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED POWER OUTAGE IN
             THE CITY OF EVADALE TX IN SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY. HAIL
             WAS ALSO REPORTED IN EVADALE.

805 PM CDT...TYLER COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED POWER LINES BLOWN
             DOWN JUST NORTHWEST OF WOODVILLE TX. ALSO REPORTED
             NUMEROUS TRESS BLOWN DOWN NEAR CHESTER TX 18 MILES
             NORTHWEST OF WOODVILLE TX.

Special weather statement, May 28, 10:46 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-280955-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
355 AM CDT THU MAY 28 1992

AT 328 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND WERE SHOWN
FROM DE QUINCY TO FORT POLK TO GLENMORA.

THESE STORMS SHOULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..
SMALL HAIL..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.  IN
ADDITION..SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM JUST EAST OF
HOUSTON TO BEAUMONT..TO JASPER.

OVER THE GULF...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED FROM 20 TO 100 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

Special weather statement, May 28, 10:59 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-290440-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1050 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR
   SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL
  WATERS...

...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
   THE SOUTHEST LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS FROM SABINE PASS TO
  VERMILION BAY...

AT 1030 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
SHOWN FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS NORTHEAST TO CROWLEY
AND EUNICE.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR OAKDALE
AND KINDER.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
HOUSTON TO JENA AND EXTENDED TO 60 MILES OFFSHORE FROM FREEPORT
TO WHITE LAKE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LCH	Calcasieu	62 min
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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.