Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 2, 1993, 7:45 AM CDT for Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1993, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1993, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 021247 TORLCH LAC053-021315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 745 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH AT 740 AM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR HOLMWOOD. RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. GET UNDER A PIECE 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, May 2, 5:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-021140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 553 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993 ...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASED IN BOTH AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... AT 526 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING FROM JUST WEST OF KINDER TO BETWEEN WOODVILLE TEXAS AND JUST EAST OF FREEPORT TEXAS. CLACASIEU...ALLEN...AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLY FLOODING STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE OCCURRING OVER THE GULF FROM 50 TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TO 55 TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF WHITE LAKE...AND TO ALONG THE COAST AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS NEAR ATCHAFALAYA BAY. . WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN EUNICE... NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI...AND MANSFIELD. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 25 MILEXS NORTH OF LUFKIN TEXAS TO BETWEEN ORANGE TEXAS AND ALONG THE COAST NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 2, 5:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
LAZ005>009-011>014-MSZ010-TXZ028-032-033-045>049-021140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 553 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993 ...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASED IN BOTH AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... AT 526 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING FROM JUST WEST OF KINDER TO BETWEEN WOODVILLE TEXAS AND JUST EAST OF FREEPORT TEXAS. CLACASIEU...ALLEN...AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLY FLOODING STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE OCCURRING OVER THE GULF FROM 50 TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF SABINE PASS TO 55 TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF WHITE LAKE...AND TO ALONG THE COAST AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS NEAR ATCHAFALAYA BAY. . WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN EUNICE... NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI...AND MANSFIELD. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN TEXAS TO BETWEEN ORANGE TEXAS AND ALONG THE COAST NEAR FREEPORT TEXAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrttE6WWUS" tttt`WWUS8 <ttttttttttXWOUS6n pS WWUS dlF6WWUSp D66WWUSn. Ll6WWUS ptttth_8Z.VER 1#FXUS
Special weather statement, May 2, 6:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
TXZ046-048-021215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 618 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 615 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEWTON TO ORANGE TO PORT ARTHUR MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHED THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT AT 547 AM...THE WIND GUSTED TO 46 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE DUMPING THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY 700 AM... HOWEVER AN AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS WEST OF THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE HOUSTON AREA...THUS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LIKELY THIS MORNING...BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL HAVE PUSHED EAST. PERSONS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS...ESPECIALLY IN ORANGE AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES...SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED...AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 2, 6:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
TXZ046-048-021215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 618 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 615 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEWTON TO ORANGE TO PORT ARTHUR MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHED THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT AT 547 AM...THE WIND GUSTED TO 46 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE DUMPING THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY 700 AM... HOWEVER AN AREA OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS WEST OF THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE HOUSTON AREA...THUS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LIKELY THIS MORNING...BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL HAVE PUSHED EAST. PERSONS IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS...ESPECIALLY IN ORANGE AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES...SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED...AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 2, 7:34 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
TXZ046-048-021330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 734 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 730 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LUFKIN SOUTHWARD TO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND OFF SHORE ABOUT 100 MILES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. EARLIER THIS MORNING...BETWEEN 500 AND 600 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MILES AN HOUR AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT SHORTLY BEFORE 600 AM...AND SHORTLY AFTER 600 AM...THE WIND GUSTED TO 47 MILES AN HOUR AT SEA RIM STATE PARK. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ALSO FELL AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIR PORT WITH THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH RECEIVED IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. THE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE NOT QUITE AS STRONG...ALTHOUGH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL IN THE EARLY MORNING FORECAST. AND FURTHER TO THE WEST...ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF COLLEGE STATION TO JUST EAST OF VICTORIA. THIS LINE MAY HOLD TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IF PYOU SEE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. MOTORTISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION DRIVING ON RAIN-SLICKENED ROADS THIS SUNDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 2, 7:34 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
TXZ046-048-021330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 734 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 730 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LUFKIN SOUTHWARD TO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND OFF SHORE ABOUT 100 MILES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. EARLIER THIS MORNING...BETWEEN 500 AND 600 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MILES AN HOUR AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT SHORTLY BEFORE 600 AM...AND SHORTLY AFTER 600 AM...THE WIND GUSTED TO 47 MILES AN HOUR AT SEA RIM STATE PARK. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ALSO FELL AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIR PORT WITH THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH RECEIVED IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. THE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE NOT QUITE AS STRONG...ALTHOUGH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL IN THE EARLY MORNING FORECAST. AND FURTHER TO THE WEST...ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF COLLEGE STATION TO JUST EAST OF VICTORIA. THIS LINE MAY HOLD TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU SEE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. MOTORTISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION DRIVING ON RAIN-SLICKENED ROADS THIS SUNDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 56 min |
| May 2, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 55 min |
| May 2, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion | 63 min |
| May 2, 9:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Lafayette | 63 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.