Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1992, 7:40 AM CST for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 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
- Mar 5, 1992, 7:40 AM CST (13:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 1992, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lafayette Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 8:03 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | 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 12:00Z, 1.7 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
- 2252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 051344 SVRLCH LAC055-051445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 740 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...LAFAYETTE PARISH AT 740 AM THE LAKE CHARLES RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE LAFAYETTE...VERMILION PARISH LINE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 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, Mar 5, 3:45 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-051045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 335 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT... AT 325 AM...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF KINDER...AT EUNICE...NEAR VILLE PLATTE...AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF OPELOUSAS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE INTENSE RAIN CAUSING FLOODING OF LOW LYING STREETS AND HIGHWAYS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN....CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM VINTON TO KINDER TO VILLE PLATTE TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE. A SECTION OF HIGHWAY 10 IN ALLEN PARISH NEAR OAKDALE WAS CLOSED DUE TO RISING WATER. PERSONS IN THESE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RISING WATERS OF DITCHES AND CANALS...OVER LOW PLACES IN THE HROADS AND HIGHWAYS...AND IN OTHER LOCATIONS THAT NORMALLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS. > MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 4:44 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-051145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 435 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EVANGELINE PARISH UNTIL 630 AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT... AT 425 AM...PRESISTANT RAINS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AS A BROAD AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERTORMS TRACKS SLOWLY EASTWARD. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN EVANGELINE PARISH BY SHERIFFS OFFICE. PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAYS 10 AND 13 WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM NEAR MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI TO BATON ROUGE THROUGH MOST OF ACADIANA TO WESTERN SECTIONS OF CAMERON PARISH. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF VILLE PLATTE. > MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:43 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-051245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 535 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EVANGELINE PARISH UNTIL 630 AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT... AT 525 AM...A SLOW MOVING AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM CAMERON AND CALCASIEU PARISHES TO LAFAYETTE...VILLE PLATTE...AND BUNKIE TO BATON ROUGE. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION HAS CAUSED FLOODING IN EVANGELINE PARISH. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER ACADIA AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROWLEY AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JENNINGS. AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOUNTS ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN AREAS WITH POOR DRANAGE...BANKFULL DITCHES AND CANNALS OR AREAS PRONE TO FLOOD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 5:53 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-051245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 535 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 9AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EVANGELINE PARISH UNTIL 630 AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA TONIGHT... AT 525 AM...A SLOW MOVING AREA OF RAIN...SHOWERS...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM CAMERON AND CALCASIEU PARISHES TO LAFAYETTE...VILLE PLATTE...AND BUNKIE TO BATON ROUGE. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION HAS CAUSED FLOODING IN EVANGELINE PARISH. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER ACADIA AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROWLEY AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JENNINGS. AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MOUNTS...ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN ARE/A WITH POOR DRANAGE...BANKFULL DITCHES AND CANNALS OR AREAS PRONE TO FLOOD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Local storm report, Mar 5, 6:20 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 618 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 NORTHWEST OF CROWLEY. THE TORNADO OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1158 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE TORNADO SKIPPED ALONG THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 18 MILES THROUGH ACADIA PARISH. IT MOVED NORTHEAST FROM IOTA TO MOWATA AND THEN ENTERED ST. LANDRY PARISH ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF EUNICE. IN IOTA APPROXIMATELY 30 HOMES WERE DAMAGED. THE IOTA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. FOUR AIRCRAFT NEAR IOTA WERE DESTROYED. TWO MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST FROM IOTA AND OVERTURNED AND DAMAGED SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES IN MOWATA. MOWATA IS ALSO LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF CROWLEY.
Special weather statement, Mar 5, 6:45 AM CST, 55 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-051345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 635 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 9AM... ...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ACADIA...LAFAYETTE...AND EVANGELINE PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS MORNING... AT 625 AM...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH WEST OF BATON ROUGE...AT ATCHAFALAYA BAY. RAIN...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA FROM WESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH TO LFAYAETTE AND OPELOUSAS TO BATON ROUGE. THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONTINUED AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE OVER RAIN BATTERED PARISHES ACROSS ACADIANA. THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS OF ALREADY BANK FULL CANNALS...BAYOUS AND DITCHES. USE CAUTION ON LOUISIANA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT NORMALLY FLOOD DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS. ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH INTENSE RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAD DEVELOPED OVER GULF WATERS 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON TO NEAR PEC;AN ISLAND AND FROM 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF PECAN ISLAND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 12:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia | 51 min |
| Mar 5, 2:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Evangeline | 43 min |
| Mar 5, 4:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Evangeline | 116 min |
| Mar 5, 6:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 62 min |
| Mar 5, 12:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron, Vermilion | 67 min |
| Mar 5, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 57 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.