Tornado Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
640 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992

AT 625 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED
FROM JUST WEST OF OAKDALE TO THE KINDER AREA TO 15 MILES EAST OF LAKE
CHARLES AND TO BETWEEN LAKE CHARLES AND CAMERON.

THE LINE APPEARED TO BE MOVING EAST ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW PLACES
WILL ACCOMPANY THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH ALLEN...JEFF
DAVIS...AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES DURING
THE NEXT HOUR.

A LARGE ALMOST SOLID AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM A LUFKIN TEXAS...MANSFIELD...WINNFIELD...JENA LINE SOUTH TO
THE COASTAL SECTIONS FROM PORT ARTHUR TEXAS TO BETWEEN CAMERON AND WHITE
LAKE.

PATCHES OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN IN THE COASTAL WATERS
BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND WHITE LAKE.

THE ENTIRE WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
740 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992

AT 725 PM...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA HAD BECOME DISORGANIZED AND WAS NO LONGER IDENTIFIABLE AS A LINE.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MIXED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED FROM NEAR MANSFIELD...WINNFIELD...AND JENA
TO THE COASTAL SECTIONS BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND WHITE LAKE AND TO BETWEEN
JENNINGS AND LAFAYETTE.

IN EAST TEXAS...THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST
NORTH OF BEAUMONT AND LIBERTY TO JUST SOUTH OF LUFKIN AND SAN AUGUSTINE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE OCCURRING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST
OF VILLE PLATTE TO JUST WEST OF EUNICE TO NEAR JENNINGS AND CROWLEY AND IN
EAST TEXAS FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF JASPER TO 10 MILES EAST OF KOUNTZE.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EVANGELINE...ACADIA...AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

SMALL PATCHES OF RAIN AND A FEW SHOWERS CONTINUED IN THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL
WATERS BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND WHITE LAKE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1140 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992

AT 1125 PM...PERSISTENT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER VERNON...
RAPIDES...BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...EVANGELINE...JEFF DAVIS  PARISHES.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED FROM BETWEEN OAKDALE
AND VILLE PLATTE TO NEAR KINDER...AND BETWEEN KINDER AND DE QUINCY.
ANOTHER SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST
EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF JENNINGS.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATERS IN DRAINAGE
DITCHES AND CANALS...OVER LOW PLACES IN THE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...AND IN
OTHER LOCATIONS THAT NORMALLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE ALMOST SOLID AREA OF RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR MANY...WINNFIELD...AND NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR CAMERON...WHITE LAKE...AND ABBEVILLE.

ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN NEAR VERMILION BAY...JUST NORTHWEST OF MORGAN
CITY...AND IN THE GULF 50 MILES SOUTH OF VERMILION BAY.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED IN EAST TEXAS FROM RAYBURN LAKE AND
TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO) NEAR WOODVILLE AND JASPER.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.