Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1992, 8:02 PM CDT for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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 26, 1992, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calcasieu Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Calcasieu, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 1975 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 270104 TORLCH LAC019-270130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 802 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...CALCASIEU PARISH AT 800 PM A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR AVENUE H AT THE OLD CHENNAULT AIR FORCE BASE. THE LAKE CHARLES WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERTORMS IN THIS AREA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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 26, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-270035- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 635 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992 AT 625 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED FROM JENNINGS TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DE RIDDER. PERSONS IN ALLEN AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE OCCURRING FROM LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN TEXAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM BEAUMONT TO 25 MILES OFFSHORE SOUTHEAST OF SABINE PASS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:35 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-270135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 735 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992 AT 725 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF JENNINGS TO DE QUINCY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN CALCASIEU AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITONS AND CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS... AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... WERE SHOWN FROM ABBEVILLE TO LUFKIN TEXAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM THE WINNFIELD AREA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF JENA.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:36 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-270135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 735 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1992 AT 725 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF JENNINGS TO DE QUINCY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN CALCASIEU AND JEFF DAVIS PARISHES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITONS AND CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS... AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTPORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... WERE SHOWN FROM ABBEVILLE TO LUFKIN TEXAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM THE WINNFIELD AREA TO 20 MILES NORTH OF JENA. . MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
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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.