Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 21, 1992, 6:25 PM CST for Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 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
- Nov 21, 1992, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 21, 1992, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vernon Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Vernon, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 2169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 16.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 220030 TORLCH LAC115-220130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 625 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...VERNON PARISH AT 622 PM...A POSSIBLE TORNADO BLEW A ROOF OFF OF A HOME IN MERRYVILLE...LOCATED IN NORTHWEST BEAUREGARD PARISH. RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO VERNON PARISH DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. 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, Nov 21, 2:46 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ033-046-048-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 236 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1991 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 8PM CST FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ALL THE COUNTIES FROM NACOGDOCHES TO SABINE SOUTHWARD TO THE COAST INCLUDING ORANGE AND JEFFERSON ARE INCLUDED. AT 230PM CST THE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A NORTH/SOUTH LINE FROM ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN TO 100 MILES WEST OF BEAUMONT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST 20 TO 25 MPH. TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF HOUSTON. AT THE PRESENT TIME NO THREATENING WEATHER IS NEAR THE AREA HOWEVER LATER THIS AFTERNOON THE STORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS CHANGE. DJ
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ033-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 340PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA INCLUDING ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...SAN AUGUSTINE AND SABINE UNTIL 8PM CST. AT 340PM CST LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS SPREADING EASTWARD AT 20 MPH ACROSS THE LAKES AREA. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM LAKE LIVINGSTON SOUTHWARD TO THE HOUSTON AREA. NUMEROUS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN METROPOLITAN HOUSTON. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. DJ
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 3:55 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXC048-047-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 355PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 8PM CST. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WOODVILLE TO JASPER AND EXTENDS SOUTHWARD TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. BEAUMONT AND PORT ARTHUR ARE ALSO INCLUDED. AT 350PM CST RADARS SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LIVINGSTON SOUTH TO NEAR BAYTOWN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. NUMEROUS TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE HOUSTON AREA. RAIN SHOWERS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN BEAUMONT AND ORANGE. CONDITIONS ARE QUITE FAVORABLE FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER THIS EVENING. EVERYONE SHOULD BrE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. DJ
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 4:28 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
TXZ048-047-212330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 430PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CST. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 8PM CST. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS JUST AHEAD OF A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. TORNADO HAVE BEEN FORMING FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE HOUSTON AREA. THE 8 POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADOES IS QUITE HIGH. ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BAD WEATHER THIS EVENING. DJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 65 min |
| Nov 21, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 61 min |
| Nov 21, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 65 min |
| Nov 21, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides, Vernon | 62 min |
| Nov 21, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant | 62 min |
| Nov 21, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson Davis | 62 min |
| Nov 21, 8:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen | 67 min |
| Nov 21, 8:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Evangeline | 68 min |
| Nov 21, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 32 min |
| Nov 21, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vermilion | 48 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.