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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 15, 1993Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1993, 10:10 PM CST for Evangeline Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 1993, 10:10 PM CST (04:10 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 1993, 11:15 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Evangeline Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1993-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 844 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1993-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 381 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 7:30 PM CST, 2 hours 40 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 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 15, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 40 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, 36 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, 33 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.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:00 PM CST, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCHAllen66 min

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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.