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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 29, 1992Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1992, 8:33 PM CDT for Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 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 29, 1992, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

County Rapides Parish, LA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 8:45 PM CDTHail 1.75Rapides, 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3567 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLCH 300134
TORLCH
LAC079-300200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
833 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA
 
   ...RAPIDES PARISH
 
AT 830 PM CDT...RAPIDES SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES REPORTED A LARGE FUNNEL
CLOUD JUST NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
25 MILES AND HOUR.
 
 
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 29, 2:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-292040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
230 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF LOUISIANA UNTIL 8PM...

AT 225 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCAATED JUST NORTH
OF NATCHITOCHES AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
HAIL AND FLOODING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS MOST WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED
NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEQUINCEY TO BATON ROUGE.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER GULF WATERS 40 MILES SOUTH OF
PECAN ISLAND AND 40 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON.
.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT  20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-292140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
330 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF LOUISIANA UNTIL 8PM...

AT 325 PM...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING INTENSE RAINFALL WERE LOCATED 15 MILES
EAST OF FT POLK...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NATCHITOCHES...AND JUST NORTH AND
NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA.

THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
HAIL AND FLOODING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS MOST WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED
NORTH OF A LINE FROM DE RIDDER TO NEW ORLEANS.

ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OVER GULF WATER#S 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-292240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
445 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF LOUISIANA UNTIL 8PM...

AT 425 PM...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED 25
AND 35 MILES NORTH OF BATON ROUGE...10 MILES NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF JENA
...NEAR NATCHITOCHES...AND IN THE ALEXANDRIA AREA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER GRANT AND LA SALLE PARISHES COULD CAUSE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN
FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AS THEY MOVE NORTH AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.  PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATNING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM DE RIDDER TO
NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO MANSFIELD.
.
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER EAST TEXAS FROM 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON TO THE NORTHERN MOST END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVIOR.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM VERMILION BAY
TO 50 TO 80 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-292340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
540 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF LOUISIANA UNTIL 8PM...

AT 527 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WERE OCCURRING FROM HOUSTON TO JUST NORTH OF BEAUMONT...AND
FROM RAYBURN LAKE IN EAST TEXAS TO BETWEEN MANY AND MANSFIELD.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN FORT POLK
...NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI...AND 10 MILES NORTH OF WINNFIELD...AND FROM BATON
ROUGE TO ALONG THE COAST FROM VERMILION BAY TO ATCHAFALAYA BAY.

ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN OVER EAST TEXAS NEAR LAKE LIVINGSTON AND JUST
NORTH OF WOODVILLE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-300115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
620 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1992

.....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS.....

AT 610 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACORSS HARDIN... NORTH JEFFERSON
COUNTIES. THESE STORMS APPEARED TO BE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO
20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY BE MOVING ACROSS ORANGE... JASPER AND
NEWTON COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS IN HARDIN
COUNTY.

RESIDENTS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AS STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS... BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL ARE LIKELY.

THERE WERE OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SAN
AUGUSTINE AND SABINE COUNTIES WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO... T.V. AND NOAA WEATHEZR RADIO
FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR.

NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-292340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
647 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF LOUISIANA UNTIL 8PM...

AT 630 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING
NEAR MANY...NATCHITOCHES...ALEXANDRIA...NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI...AND FROM 20
MILES EAST OF HOUSTON TO JUST NORTH OF BEAUMONT.

OTHERWISE...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM
LUFKIN TEXAS TO NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI...AND THEN FROM NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI
TO ALONG THE COAST NEAR ATCHAFALAYA BAY.

ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE SHOWN FROM JUST WEST OF HOUSTON TO BETWEEN SABINE
PASS HAND 25 MILES NORTH OF BEAUMONT.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHGrant61 min
Jun 29, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHGrant, LaSalle, Rapides67 min
Jun 29, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHLaSalle, Rapides61 min
Jun 29, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHRapides59 min
Jun 30, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHBeauregard67 min
Jun 30, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu51 min
Jun 30, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCalcasieu64 min
Jun 30, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHCameron45 min
Jun 30, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson Davis29 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.