Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1993, 11:26 PM CDT for Hardin County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 1993, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1993, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardin County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2027 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBPT 100426 SVRLCH TXC199-100530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1126 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORT ARTHUR HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...HARDIN COUNTY WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THE STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED 52 MPH WINDS AT HOUSTON'S INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT IS APPROACHING THE WESTERN EDGE OF HARDIN COUNTY TEXAS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. NNNN WWUS34KFSM +P
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, May 9, 10:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
TXZ033-100415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM CDT FOR..SAN AUGUSTINE..ANGELINA..NACOGDOCHES AND SABINE COUNTIES TEXAS. AT 1030PM CDT A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR WOODVILLE TO SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. WHILE NACOGDOCHES RECEIVED .56 INCH OF RAIN DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS..SATILLITE ESTIMATED 2 INCHES JUST WEST OF LUFKIN. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, May 9, 10:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
TXZ033-100415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM CDT FOR..SAN AUGUSTINE..ANGELINA..NACOGDOCHES AND SABINE COUNTIES TEXAS. AT 1030PM CDT A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR WOODVILLE TO SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. WHILE NACOGDOCHES RECEIVED .56 INCH OF RAIN DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS..SATILLITE ESTIMATED 2 INCHES JUST WEST OF LUFKIN. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, May 9, 10:40 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-502-503-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-100440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1040 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 1030 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN FROM 15 MILES EAST OF MANY...ACROSS NATCHITOCHES..TO THE WINNFIELD AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SHOWN OVER TEXAS FROM JUST WEST OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR...ACROSS RAYBURN LAKE...TO LAKE LIVINGSTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CONROE TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MONROE...TO THE SOUTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR...TO BEAUMONT AND GALVESTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 9, 10:44 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-502-503-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-100440- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1040 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 1030 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN FROM 15 MILES EAST OF MANY...ACROSS NATCHITOCHES..TO THE WINNFIELD AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO SHOWN OVER TEXAS FROM JUST WEST OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR...ACROSS RAYBURN LAKE...TO LAKE LIVINGSTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CONROE TEXdAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MONROE...TO THE SOUTHERN END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR...TO BEAUMONT AND GALVESTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 9, 10:57 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ046-048-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1100 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1AM CDT. AT 11PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR TOLEDO BEND DAM TO WOODVILLE TO HOUSTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 52 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE HOUSTON AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. h THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:00 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
TXZ046-048-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 1100 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 1993 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 241 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1AM CDT. AT 11PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR TOLEDO BEND DAM TO WOODVILLE TO HOUSTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 52 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE HOUSTON AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. DJ NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.