Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1993, 9:54 PM CST for Allen Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1993, 9:54 PM CST (03:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1993, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 160358 SVRLCH LAC003-160500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 954 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...ALLEN PARISH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST WEST OF OAKDALE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Feb 15, 6:36 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-160135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 630 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT..LASALLE..RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ALLEN..BEAUREGARD..VERNON AND EVANGELINE PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... AT 6.25 PM CST...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS SHOWN FROM JUST WEST OF MONROE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND TO JUST NORTHEAST OF COLLEGE STATION. A SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS SHOWN FROM EAST OF MONROE ALMOST SOUTHWARD TO JUST WEST OF ALEXANDRIA AND TO NEAR DEQUINCY. THE LINES WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:30 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-160235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 730 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT..LASALLE..RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ALLEN..BEAUREGARD..VERNON AND EVANGELINE PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... AT 7.25 PM CST...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS SHOWN FROM JUST EAST OF MONROE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND TO JUST EAST OF COLLEGE STATION. THIS LINE IS 25 MILES WIDE. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF LOUISIANA. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 7:32 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ033-046-160330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 732 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TONADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST... TORNADO WATCH #24 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM CST. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE NACOGDOCHES... ANGELINA...SAN AUGUSTINE AND SABINE IN EAST TEXAS AND TYLER...JASPER... NEWTON AND HARDIN IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AT 730 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN TEXAS EXTENDING FROM AUSTIN TO COLLEGE STATION TO THE SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR TO HEMPHILL IN SABINE COUNTY AND EXTENDING INTO LOUISIANA NEAR MANY. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NEAR 45 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL. LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NWS RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-160335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 830 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT..LASALLE..RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ALLEN..BEAUREGARD..VERNON AND EVANGELINE PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... AT 8.25 PM CST...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS SHOWN FROM 25 MILES EAST OF MONROE SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF FT. POLK AND TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF COLLEGE STATION TEXAS. THE LINE IS 25 MILES WIDE. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF LOUISIANA. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 9:34 PM CST, 20 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-160435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 930 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT..LASALLE..RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ALLEN..BEAUREGARD..VERNON AND EVANGELINE PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... AT 9.25 PM CST...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS SHOWN ALEXANDRIA..DERIDDER...AND NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON TEXAS. THIS LINE WAS 25 MILES. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE AS IS MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE nLINE WILL BE MOVING INTO CALCASIEU PARISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 9:37 PM CST, 17 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-160435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 930 PM CST MON FEB 15 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT..LASALLE..RAPIDES PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND ALLEN..BEAUREGARD..VERNON AND EVANGELINE PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... AT 9.25 PM CST...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS SHOWN FROM ALEXANDRIA..DERIDDER...AND NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON TEXAS. THIS LINE WAS 25 MILES WIDE. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE AS IS MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE LEADINzG EDGE OF THE LINE WILL BE MOVING INTO CALCASIEU PARISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Evangeline, Rapides | 65 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.