Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1992, 4:36 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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 30, 1992, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Jefferson, TX | |
| Jun 30, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Jefferson, TX | |
| Jun 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Jefferson, TX |
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 12:00Z, 9.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1800 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBPT 302136 TORBPT TXC245-302215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 436 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...NORTH AND CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 430 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN JEFFERSON COUNTY 5 MILES NORTH OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 30, 2:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-302000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 205 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR MOST OF EAST TEXAS FROM ANGELINA AND SABINE COUNTIES SOUTH TO JEFFERSON AND ORANGE AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 200 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF LINES OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ONE LINE EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN ACROSS NORTHERN TYLER COUNTY INTO CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY. ANOTHER LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR PALESTINE TO COLLEGE STATION. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NOTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUFKIN AND 10 MILES NORTH OF WOODVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EAST TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THUNDERSTORMS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Local storm report, Jun 30, 2:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
215 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 1992
TIME LOCATION REPORT
120 PM CDT BEAUREGARD PARISH DELAYED REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL AT
SINGER LOUISIANA- 342/33 FROM LCH.Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-302030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING OUT OF EAST TEXAS AND THEY WILL MOVE INTO BEAUREGARD PARISH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. FROM BATON ROUGE SOUTHWARD TO VERMILION AND ATCHAFALAYA BAYS AND EXTENDED OFFSHORE 60 MILES. HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER GULF WATERS WERE 15 MILES SOUTH OF JENNERETTE...20 MILES SOUTH OF VERMILION BAY...AND 35 MILES SOUTH OF ATCHAFALAYA BAY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...INTENSE RAINFALL...AND ROUGH SEAS MARINERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-302030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 300 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING OUT OF EAST TEXAS AND THEY WILL MOVE INTO BEAUREGARD PARISH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.
Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 333 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 1992 TIME LOCATION REPORT 320 PM CDT BEAUREGARD PARISH FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED IN MERRYVILLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 50 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.