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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 1, 1992Acadia Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1992, 1:09 PM CDT for Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1992, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1992, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Acadia Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 815 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
815 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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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, Jun 1, 9:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-011540-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
935 AM CDT MON JUN 1 1992

AT 925 AM CDT...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WAS SHOWN NORTH OF A MANY BUNKIE LINE EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA.
THIS ;ARGE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE SOME LOCAL STREET
FLOODING...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS
IN GRANT AND LASALLE PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...WAS SHOWN BETWEEN
LIBERTY AND BEAUMONT EXTENDING NORTH ALONG THE NECHES RIVER TO THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF RAYBURN LAKE. IN THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS A
TORNADO WAS REPORTED DURING THE LAST HOUR IN THE VICINITY OF BEAUMONT.

A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO SHOWN IN THE VICINITY OF THE
ATCHAFALAYA BAY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT K15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ046-048-011700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
955 AM CDT MON JUN 1 1992

.....TORNADO WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 0945 AM CDT.....

AT 0947 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORS OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED A COUPLE SMALL TONADOES NEAR THE JEFF
COUNTY AIRPORT ALONG WITH SEVERAL SMALL FUNNEL CLOUDS.

THESE THUNDERSORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD ORANGE...JASPER...HARD
NEWTON COUNTIES AND COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS OR POSSIBLE
TORNADOES. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT
PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-011640-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1035 AM CDT MON JUN 1 1992

AT 1025 AM CDT...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WAS SHOWN NORTH OF A MANY ALEXANDRIA LINE EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN
LOUISIANA. THIS LARGE AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE SOME LOCAL STREET
FLOODING...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS
IN GRANT AND LASALLE PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...WAS SHOWN BETWEEN
LIBERTY AND BEAUMONT EXTENDING NORTH ALONG THE NECHES RIVER TO THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF RAYBURN LAKE. IN THIS CLUSTER EXTENDED EAST INTO THE
EXTREME PORTIONS OF CALCASIEU PARISH.

A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO SHOWN IN THE VICINITY OF THE
ATCHAFALAYA BAY EXTENDING NORTH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-011740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1130 AM CDT MON JUN 1 1992

AT 1125 AM CDT...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
HAS MOVED INTO THE LAKE CHARLES AREA. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM BEAUMONT
TO LAKE CHARLES AND NORTHWARD TO JUST WEST OF DERIDDER.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE SOME LOCAL STREET
FLOODING...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...WAS SHOWN IN THE
VICINITY OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR...BETWEEN MORGAN CITY AND BATON ROUGE
AND SOUTH AND EAST OF ALEXANDRIA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO SHOWN OVER THE NORTHERN GULF FROM
JUST SOUTH OF CAMERON TO 100 MILES INTO THE GULF. MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:31 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-011840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1230 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992

AT 1225 PM CDT...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUED IN THE LAKE CHARLES AREA. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM BEAUMONT
TO WEST OF LAFAYETTE AND NORTHWARD TO DERIDDER AND OAKDALE.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE SOME LOCAL STREET
FLOODING...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...WAS SHOWN IN THE
VICINITY OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR...BETWEEN MORGAN CITY AND BATON ROUGE
AND SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO SHOWN OIN EAST TEXAS FROM NORTH OF
HOUSTON NORTHWARD THROUGH LUFKIN AND JUST SOUTH OF LONGVIEW. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:51 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ048-012000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
1251 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1992

.....HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE PORT ARTHUR... BEAUMONT AND
ORANGE AREAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WITH SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING IN ORANGE AND SURROUNDING
COMMUNTIES. ONE OBSERVER IN THE ORANGE AREA REPORTED 6 INCHES OF
RAINFALL SINCE RAIN BEGAN EARLY THIS MORNING.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES
AN HOUR.

PERSONS SHOULD TRAVEL ONLY IF NECESSARY ALLOWING ADDITIONAL TIME.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER ON ROADWAYS SINCE THE DEPTH MAY BE GREATER
THAN THOUGHT.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV... RADIO... AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
ADITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SE

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCalcasieu65 min
Jun 1, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHCameron62 min

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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.