Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1992, 7:28 PM CDT for Cameron Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 20, 1992, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cameron Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Cameron, LA | |
| Jun 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cameron, 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 54 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
- 1050 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 210028 SVRLCH LAC023-113-210130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 728 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...CAMERON PARISH...VERMILION PARISH AT 725 PM CDT...A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF CAMERON TO VERMILION BAY. THESE THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Cameron | 33 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.