Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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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.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
830 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992

TIME                    REPORT

750 AM           PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY NEAR
                 FORKED ISLAND IN CENTRAL VERMILION PARISH...12 MILES
                 SOUTHWEST OF ABBEVILLE OR 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
                 LAFAYETTE.  NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND.

803 AM           3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE LAFAYETTE PARISH
                 SHERIFF DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
935 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
   AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 1 PM...

...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ACADIA...EVANGELINE...
   AND LAFAYETTE PARISH THIS MORNING...

AT 925 AM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER THE GULF 30 MILES
SOUTH OF SABINE PASS AND 30 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON. THESE STORMS  WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...ROUGH SEAS..AND REDUCE VISIBILITY
TO BELOW ONE MILE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS SOUTHWEST..SOUTHCENTRAL
..AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.  THEY WERE GENERALLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM
BEAUMONT TO SIMMESPORT AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO THE COAST.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
GALVESTON TO VERMILION BAY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1035 AM CST THU MAR 5 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
   AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 1 PM...

...A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ACADIA...EVANGELINE...
   AND LAFAYETTE PARISH THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1025 AM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE JUST EAST OF PORT
ARTHUR...JUST SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES...AND OVER THE GULF 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SABINE PASS AND 30 AND 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS SOUTHWEST..SOUTHCENTRAL
..AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.  THEY
WERE GENERALLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM BEAUMONT TO NATCHEZ AND EXTENDED SOUTH
TO THE COAST.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM
FREEPORT TEXAS TO VERMILION BAY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.