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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 1, 1992Jefferson County, Texas

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1992, 9:10 AM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1992, 9:10 AM CDT (14:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1992, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBPT 011410
TORBPT
TXC245-011445-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
910 AM CDT MON JUN 1 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
 
 
 
A TORNADO WAS SITED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY
AIRPORT AT 0905 CDT. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
THERE WERE OTHER ISOLATED FUNNEL CLOUDS SITED IN THIS AREA.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE.|..SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
NNNN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 4:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
TXZ033-011015-

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA
THIS MORNING...

AT 410 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING BETWEEN LUFKIN AND WOODVILLE AND EXTENDING TO
THE EAST ACROSS THE SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR...THEN TO JUST NORTH OF
NEWTON AND JUST SOUTH OF LEESVILLE LOUISIANA.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUFKIN AND 5 MILES
NORTH OF NEWTON.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.  PERSONS IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES
AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR THE APPROACH OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME GETTING TO EARLY MORNING
DESTINATIONS AND REDUCE SPEEDS ON WET ROADS.  BOATERS ON AREA LAKES
SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE AT THE FIRyST SIGN OF THUNDERSTORMS.

NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-011045-

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

AT 430 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS SHOWN FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF WOODVILLE TEXAS TO FORT POLK..
TO OAKDALE.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL..
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING COULD ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS
THROUGH VERNON PARISH AND THE WEST HALF OF RAPIDES PARISH DURING
THE NEXT HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED FROM 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WINNFIELD TO THE ALEXANDRIA AREA..TO 15 MILES NORTH OF
BATON ROUGE.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED
JUST EAST OF HOUSTON AND IN THE GULF 50 MILES EAST OF GALVESTON...AND
100 MILES EAST THROUGH SOUTH OF CAMERON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-011135-

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

AT 525 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUFKIN TO 10 MILES SOUTH
OF MANY..TO GLENMORA.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING COULD ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF VERNON PARISH AND RAPIDES PARISH DURING
THE NEXT HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED 15 MILES
NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA..AND BETWEEN MORGAN CITY
AND BATON ROUGE.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED
50 MILES EAST OF GALVESTON...AND 75 TO 125 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH
SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 6:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-011235-

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

AT 625 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED FROM JUST EAST OF SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS TO THE ALEXANDRIA
AREA TO OAKDALE.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAIN..AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING COULD ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE
SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH VERNON..RAPIDES..AND GRANT PARISHES.

ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED JUST
NORTHEAST OF GALVESTON AND NEAR WHITE LAKE..AND IN THE GULF FROM
40 TO 125 MILES SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH OF CAMERON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES ANH HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-011340-

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

AT 725 AM CDT...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUED FROM BETWEEN VILLE PLATTE AND JENA TO BETWEEN LEESVILLE AND
MANSFIELD ACROSS TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO NORTH OF SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS.

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

RADAR ALSO SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND
BUNKIE AND IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS JUST NORTH OF CONROE.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED
ALONG THE COAST AND TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE FROM HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO
ATCHAFALAYA BAY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:37 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-011440-

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

AT 825 AM CDT...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUED FROM BETWEEN BUNKIE AND JENA TO BETWEEN MANY AND SHREVEPORT
ACROSS NORTHERN TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO NEAR LONGVIEW TEXAS.

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

RADAR ALSO SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN NEW IBERIA
AND THE VERMILION BAY AREA EXTENDING OFFSHORE 50 MILEhS INTO THE GULF.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUED ALONG THE COAST FROM HIGH ISLAND TEXAS NORTHWARD TO NORTHWEST
OF BEAUMONT.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:52 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson38 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.