Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
255 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 700 PM...

AT 255 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...NORTH OF LIBERTY AND NEAR KOUNTZE.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF
SABINE COUNTY IN THE LAKES AREA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AS WELL.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE READY
TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.  STAY TUNFED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

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LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-302235-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
335 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL
   OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 325 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS
SHOWN 15 MILES EITHER SIDE OF THE SOUTHERN MOST END OF TOLEDO BEND
RESERVIOR.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM JENA TO
TOLDEO BEND RESERVIOR AND THEN TO BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND KOUNTZE TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS 35 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
335 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL
   OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 325 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS
SHOWN 15 MILES EITHER SIDE OF THE SOUTHERN MOST END OF TOLEDO BEND
RESERVIOR.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM JENA TO
TOLDEO BEND RESERVIOR AND THEN TO BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND KOUNTZE TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

TXZ033-046-048-302245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
350 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM FOR THE EAST TEXAS LAKES
AREA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SABINE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 330 PM..

AT 350 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR TO
NEAR JASPER AND SOUTH OF DAM B.  A SECOND BAND EXTENDED FROM ALTO TO
MOUNT ENTERPRISE AND WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NACOGDOCHES COUNTY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED NORTHEAST OF JASPER AND OVER THE
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF TOLEDO BEND.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SO FAR IN THESE AREAS...HOWEVER SOME
OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBILITY TORNADOES.  PERSONS IN EAST ATND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER DETAILS AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS.

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TXZ-048-302330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
435 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 430 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WATCH WERE ALL WELL NORTH OF THE GOLDEN
TRIANGLE.  ONE LINE WAS NOTED FROM NEWTON TO THE TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR
AND INTO LOUISIANA.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PEA-SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN JASPER AT 345 PM...OTHERWISE NO REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER WERE RECEIVED FROM THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA OR SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.

A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE SUNSET IN THE GOLDEN
TRIAN6GLE...THEN SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR AS A PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

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TXZ046-048-310000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
503 PM CST TUE MAR 30 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM FOR THE COUNTIES OF
NACOGDOCHES...ANGELINA...SAN AUGUSTINE...SABINE...NEWTON...JASPER...
TYLER...AND HARDIN...

AT 500 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A COUPLE OF LINES OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST TEXAS.  ONE LINE
EXTENDED FROM LEESVILLE LOUISIANA TO NEWTON...WARREN...AND LIBERTY.
A SECOND LINE EXTENDED FROM SHREVEPORT TO CENTER...EAST OF
NACOGDOCHES...TO NORTHEAST OF LUFKIN.   MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NACOGDOCHES AND
EAST OF BURKEVILLE.

SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  RESIDENTS OF THE EAST TEXAS LAKES
AREA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO
SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS.

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