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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Nov 21, 1992, 8:22 PM CST for Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 21, 1992, 8:22 PM CST (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 21, 1992, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 220227 TORLCH LAC001-039-220330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 822 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...ACADIA PARISH...EVANGELINE PARISH AT 825 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN SECTIONS OF ACADIA AND EVANGELINE PARISHES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. GET UNDER A P>IECE OF STURDY FURNITURE PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, 3:40 PM CST, 4 hours 42 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, 4 hours 27 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, 3 hours 54 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
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 6:40 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
TXZ048-047-033-220130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 635PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 8PM. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS EXPIRE AT 7PM FOR ORANGE JEFFERSON JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES. AT 635PM A LINE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR LEESVILLE LOUISIANA TO ORANGE TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF HIGH ISLAND. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE LINE WILL SOON MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE WATCH IS EXPECTED TO BE CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER IN THE MARINE AREA FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. DJ
Local storm report, Nov 21, 7:10 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
710 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992
TIME LOCATION REPORT
605 PM MERRYVILLE BEAUREGARD PARISH SHERIFF REPORTED
CST BEAUREGARD PARISH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN BY HIGH WINDS.
SOME ROADWAYS BLOCKED.
622 PM MERRYVILLE BEAUREGARD PARISH CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIAL
CST BEAUREGARD PARISH AND SHERIFF DEPUTY REPORTED A ROOF WAS
BLOWN OFF OF A HOME BY A POSSIBLE TORNADO.Special weather statement, Nov 21, 7:22 PM CST, 1 hour before
TXZ033-046-048-220230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 722 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF OF THE AREA... AT 720 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN LOUISIANA FROM SOUTH OF NATCHITOCHES...THROUGH LEESVILLE...TO JUST WEST OF LAKE CHARLES AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS NOW IN LOUISIANA...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS OVER. THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALSO ALL WARNINGS H4AVE ALSO EXPIRED. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS CAN EXPECT LIGHT RAIN...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. JJ NNNN
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, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Vernon | 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, 8:28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.