Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1993, 4:33 PM CDT for Beauregard Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1993, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1993, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Beauregard Parish, LA
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 182140 TORLCH LAC011-182200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 433 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...BEAUREGARD PARISH AT 435 PM CDT...SEVERAL SMALL TORNADOES WERE SPOTTED ON THE GROUND JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT IN DE RIDDER. 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. x
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 18, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ033-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 255 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 AT 255PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE SAM RAYBURN. THIS STORM WAS LARGE AND WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS NORTHERN JASPER AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES ALONG WITH SOUTHERN SABINE COUNTY. AT 218PM SOME PEA SIZE HAIL FELL FROM THIS STORM IN SOUTHERN SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL SHOU@LD BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM UNTIL AROUND 4PM CDT. DJ & NNNN
Special weather statement, May 18, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ033-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 255 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 AT 255PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE WEST SIDE OF LAKE SAM RAYBURN. THIS STORM WAS LARGE AND WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS NORTHERN JASPER AND NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES ALONG WITH SOUTHERN SABINE COUNTY. AT 218PM SOME PEA SIZE HAIL FELL FROM THIS STORM IN SOUTHERN SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL SHOULD BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM UNTIL AROUND 4PM CDT. DJ & NNNN
Special weather statement, May 18, 3:40 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ046-048-182145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 340 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 7PM CDT. AT 335PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY TEXAS. ONE STORM IN LIBERTY COUNTY HAD SEVERE INDICATIONS ON RADAR AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS AS THE MOVE INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF BOTH HARDIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN VIDOR AND ORANGE IN ORANGE COUNTY. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, May 18, 3:40 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
TXZ046-048-182145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 340 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 7PM CDT. AT 335PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY TEXAS. ONE STORM IN LIBERTY COUNTY HAD SEVERE INDICATIONS ON RADAR AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS AS THE MOVE INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF BOTH HARDIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN VIDOR AND ORANGE IN ORANGE COUNTY. DJ NNNN
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:24 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
TXZ033-046-182330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 424 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 420 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 70 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN TO SOUTHERN SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR AND INTO LOUISIANA. THE HEAVIEST OF THE STORMS WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...SAN AUGUSTINE...SABINE...JASPER...NEWTON AND TYLER AND WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. STORMS IN THE AREA COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DAMAGING HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO THE NATI,ONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:24 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
TXZ033-046-182330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 424 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 420 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 70 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN TO SOUTHERN SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR AND INTO LOUISIANA. THE HEAVIEST OF THE STORMS WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ANGELINA...NACOGDOCHES...SAN AUGUSTINE...SABINE...JASPER...NEWTON AND TYLER AND WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. STORMS IN THE AREA COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DAMAGING HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant | 45 min |
| May 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant | 61 min |
| May 18, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 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.